Vietnam always promotes fundamental rights of its people: FM
VOV.VN - Le Thi Thu Hang, spokesperson of the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has affirmed the nation’s unwavering policy of protecting and promoting the fundamental rights of citizens, including the rights of women.
The spokesperson made the affirmation when asked to comment on the US Department of State’s naming Pham Thi Doan Trang as a recipient of the 2022 International Women of Courage Award during a virtual press conference held by the Ministry.
She stressed that Vietnamese efforts and achievements in ensuring and promoting human rights have been widely acknowledged and have since earned international plaudits.
"Vietnam holds that the US Department of State’s presentation of the award to Pham Thi Doan Trang, a person who has violated Vietnamese law and has been brought to trial and is serving her prison sentence, is a subjective act that is neither appropriate for nor conducive to the development of the Vietnam-US relations," the official said.
Earlier at the trial on December 14, 2021, the Hanoi People's Court sentenced defendant Pham Thi Doan Trang to 9 years in prison for conducting propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, stipulated in Article 88 of the Penal Code 1999.