Vietnam decried
the US's Vietnam Human Rights Act yesterday, saying it provided completely
inaccurate and biased information about the country's execution of human
rights.
Luong Thanh Nghi, Foreign Ministry spokesperson, made the statement in
response to reporters' queries on Vietnam's reaction to the Human Rights Act,
which was passed by the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign
Affairs.
"In recent years, Vietnam has gained achievements in securing
human rights in civil, political, economic, cultural and social affairs, which
have been recognised by the international community," Nghi said.
Any differences in human rights issues should be discussed frankly in
the spirit of constructiveness and mutual respect to promote mutual
understanding and help strengthen relations among nations, he said. In that
spirit, Vietnam has held dialogues on human rights issues with the US, he
added.
Meanwhile, Ewa Chyl-insk, a senior expert at the European Centre in
Vietnam, said Vietnam had been very successful in ensuring human rights for
ethnic minorities. She made the remark at a workshop on human rights for ethnic
minorities in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on March 7-8.
Chylinsk said that Vietnam had helped ethnic minority people build
homes in a resettlement programme that other nations could and should follow
suit.
She was one of 50 specialists from the European Delegation to Vietnam
to attend the workshop with the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Public
Security and the Central Highland provinces of Lam Dong, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Dak
Lak and southern Binh Phuoc Province.
Participants discussed laws and policies on ethnic minorities and the
rights of ethnic minorities in Vietnam, including the right to benefit from
social welfare policies, political rights and property ownership rights.
They proposed a number of measures to step up the protection of human
rights for ethnic minorities. Topics included land policies, protecting local
cultures, education, vocational and personnel training and continued reform of
the legal system for ethnic minorities.
They agreed that the government needed to boost investment and better
utilise the potential of each ethnic minority group to help them escape from
poverty and develop local economies.
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