VOV.VN - With a majority of votes in favour, the National Assembly passed the Law on the State of Emergency at its ongoing year-end session in Hanoi on December 3.

The Ministry of Information and Communications held a conference in Hanoi on August 22 to provide an update on Vietnam’s implementation of recommendations from the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).

Vietnam is going to defend its fifth national report on the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) at a session in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 29 - 30.

VOV.VN - Have you ever been treated unequally? Have you ever experienced unfair treatment? Have you ever felt you are left behind? Yet, you have no one to care, not even talk to.

VOV.VN - Human rights in Vietnam will continue to be guaranteed in the Constitution and in legal institutions, with State policies focusing on improving all aspects of life.

Vietnam has affirmed the importance of preventing and eliminating all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls, at an October 4 discussion of the Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Issues at the UN General Assembly’s 77th Session.

VOV.VN - Nearly 3,000 prison inmates who have excelled in performances in detention camps across the country will be granted parole ahead of Vietnam’s National Day (September 2), according to the Central Advisory Council on Amnesty.

Vietnam has been pushing for legal reforms to provide suitable regulatory framework against all types of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang told a workshop in Hanoi on May 27.

VOV.VN - A senior government official affirms Vietnam will reopen its borders to international tourism in a safe and effective manner and without discrimination.

Gender equality will be added into village codes and conventions – the code of ethics developed by the community that has long played an important role in managing social relations in the community in Vietnam.