Freedom of belief and religion is a basic human right recognized and protected by International Human Rights Law and the Constitutions of most countries, including Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Issues relating to human rights, ethnicity, and religion continue to be exploited by unscrupulous organisations in order to prevent Vietnam from representing ASEAN when running for the UN Human Rights Council for the 2023 to 2025 term.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh, while addressing the high-level general debate of the ongoing UN General Assembly in New York on September 24, proposed eliminating confrontation and promoting multilateralism to address common challenges.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Cambodia have saved over 1,000 Vietnamese citizens who have been tricked to work illegally in Cambodia, said Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang during a regular press conference in Hanoi on September 22.

VOV.VN - The spokesperson of the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs has refuted information released by foreign organisations regarding the nation's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council.

VOV.VN - The nation has not only contributed to the common work and mechanisms of the UN in words, but also through concrete actions, said Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), the World Trade Organisation and other international organisations in Geneva, attended the opening ceremony of the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland on September 12.

International organisations and foreign experts have hailed Vietnam as a success story about economic development, social welfare and human rights guarantee.

VOV.VN - Seventy-seven years ago on September 2, 1945, at Ba Dinh Square, President Ho Chi Minh solemnly read the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming the birth of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

A dialogue was held on August 24 in Hanoi to gather opinions for a draft law on transgender rights.