Vietnam’ Foreign Ministry spokesperson on April 9 rejected comments onhuman rights in the country made by the US Department of State, UKDepartment of Foreign Affairs and the EU Delegation to Vietnam,underlining “they are partial and based on erroneous information”.
Spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga made the protest in her reply tocorrespondents ’ queries regarding the comments on Vietnam containedin the 2010 Human Rights Reports of the US Department of State and theUK Department of Foreign Affairs, and a recent statement of the Head ofthe European Union (EU) Delegation to Vietnam .
“InVietnam , the people’s fundamental freedom rights are specificallyprescribed in the Constitution and legal documents, and ensured inreality,” Nga said.
She stressed that in recentyears, Vietnam has recorded wide-ranging achievements in ensuringhuman rights in all spheres of civil affairs, politics, economics,culture, and social life, which have been recognised by theinternational community.
The spokeswoman stated:“The Vietnamese people have fully and actively participated in allaspects of social life. The protection and promotion of human rights areimportant factors to create consensus in society and help the renewalprocess in Vietnam succeed.”
In any othercountries elsewhere, every violation of law must be handled inaccordance with law, Nga said, emphasising that “Vietnam is the state ofthe rule of law so all violations of law in the country are handled inline with regulations of its law and in conformity with internationallaws, including the International Convention on Civil and PoliticalRights.”
She confirmed that Vietnam has alreadyheld dialogues on issues of mutual concern with different partners,including the US , the UK and the European Union, holding onto thespirit of cooperation and the principle of equality and mutual respect.
However, “it is regrettable that the US Departmentof State, the UK Department of Foreign Affairs, the EU Delegation toVietnam and several organisations have made partial comments on Vietnamon the grounds of the wrong information they had, failing to reflectcorrectly the situation in Vietnam and giving out opinions thatinterfered in the country’s internal affairs,” the spokeswoman said./.
Spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga made the protest in her reply tocorrespondents ’ queries regarding the comments on Vietnam containedin the 2010 Human Rights Reports of the US Department of State and theUK Department of Foreign Affairs, and a recent statement of the Head ofthe European Union (EU) Delegation to Vietnam .
“InVietnam , the people’s fundamental freedom rights are specificallyprescribed in the Constitution and legal documents, and ensured inreality,” Nga said.
She stressed that in recentyears, Vietnam has recorded wide-ranging achievements in ensuringhuman rights in all spheres of civil affairs, politics, economics,culture, and social life, which have been recognised by theinternational community.
The spokeswoman stated:“The Vietnamese people have fully and actively participated in allaspects of social life. The protection and promotion of human rights areimportant factors to create consensus in society and help the renewalprocess in Vietnam succeed.”
In any othercountries elsewhere, every violation of law must be handled inaccordance with law, Nga said, emphasising that “Vietnam is the state ofthe rule of law so all violations of law in the country are handled inline with regulations of its law and in conformity with internationallaws, including the International Convention on Civil and PoliticalRights.”
She confirmed that Vietnam has alreadyheld dialogues on issues of mutual concern with different partners,including the US , the UK and the European Union, holding onto thespirit of cooperation and the principle of equality and mutual respect.
However, “it is regrettable that the US Departmentof State, the UK Department of Foreign Affairs, the EU Delegation toVietnam and several organisations have made partial comments on Vietnamon the grounds of the wrong information they had, failing to reflectcorrectly the situation in Vietnam and giving out opinions thatinterfered in the country’s internal affairs,” the spokeswoman said./.
