Vietnam strives to contribute to common values of human rights

VOV.VN - Along with nine ASEAN member states, many Asian, African, and Latin American nations voted for Vietnam to join the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), with Vietnamese people enjoying many freedoms and human rights for several years.

Veeramalla Anjaiah, a senior researcher of the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) in Indonesia, outlined the positive global outlook on Vietnam in a recent media interview.

He affirmed that Vietnam represents a peaceful and stable country, with its Government always being committed to protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms at home.

As a responsible nation, the country backs the protection of human rights and dignity worldwide, whilst always participating in such efforts at the UN and other international organisations, he added.

According to Anjaiah, the Vietnamese Government remains firmly committed to ensuring the interests of Vietnamese people and socio-economic development. In line with this, the nation has achieved remarkable success and progress in all of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a total of 72.76 points, he affirmed.

Anjaiah went on to praise the country's reduction of its poverty rate to 2.23% in 2021 from 40.5% in 2012, an effort which has brought millions of people out of poverty.

Vietnam was among the 14 nations elected to the UNHRC for the 2023 to 2025 tenure on October 11 at the 77th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. This represents the second time the country has been elected to the council, with its first time being in 2013 for the 2014 to 2016 tenure. 

Referring to Vietnamese international contributions in the field of human rights, Anjjaiah noted that Vietnam is a stable and peaceful country. Indeed, the Vietnamese government is fully committed to protecting human rights issues and freedoms for its citizens.

As a responsible country, Vietnam has always backed the protection of human rights and dignity globally.

Vietnam will therefore strive to contribute to humanity's common, positive, and progressive values relating to human rights through its active participation in human rights-related forums of the UN and other international organisations.

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