Vietnam detailed its efforts and achievements in protecting and promoting civil and political rights at a UN Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva on March 11.

Vietnam’s efforts and achievements in protecting and promoting civil and political rights will be shared at the 125th session of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva, Switzerland, from March 11-12.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has carried on activities to increase the effectiveness of its membership in the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese agencies have detained some people for spreading propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, an act prohibited by Vietnam’s Criminal Code.

Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, head of the Vietnam Mission to the United Nations, has reiterated Vietnam’s commitment to joint global efforts and actions to ensure the full enjoyment of human rights for all.

Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga has emphasised the country’s close coordination in promoting human rights and implementing sustainable development at a United Nations debate on human rights on July 12-13.

(VOV) - Some bloggers and international organizations recently slandered Vietnam for applying regulations on national security to restrict people to exercising civil and political rights, rights to freedom of speech and using the internet. More ridiculously, they called on Vietnam to free these violators.

A workshop on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights was held in Hanoi on May 22 as part of a project to step up the implementation of international conventions on human rights.