Prime Minister answers foreign media
Vietnam and the United States are intensifying their bilateral
relations and cooperation, and all of Vietnam’s efforts in this are
for the objective of peace, friendship, mutual respect, equality, mutual
benefit and common development, PM Dung said.
On the
Vietnam human rights bill said to be passed by the US Senate in
November, the PM said if passed, the document will mark a set-back in
the bilateral relations as it does not correctly reflect the reality in
Vietnam , but is an interference and imposition of political will on
another country. As a civilised country, the United States should
not do so, he said.
He also said that the power of
China is beneficial to the region and the world as a whole on condition
that China must also respect independence and sovereignty of the
other countries, and respect international law, especially the United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Regarding
the disputes in the East Sea , PM Dung said currently there are
differences between China and a number of ASEAN member countries on
sovereignty, but they have been discussed by China and ASEAN, and
the Declaration on the Conducts of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) has
been issued. However, while implementing it, countries have come to
realise that the document is insufficient to ensure peace and that it
should be made more legally binding into the Code of Conducts of Parties
in the East Sea (COC).
On Vietnam’s role in UN
offices, PM Dung said as a member of the international organisation and
once elected as a non-permanent member of its Security Council, Vietnam
has been doing all it can to take an effective part in the peace and
development missions of the UN.-VNA