Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has reported its outstandingachievements in guaranteeing human rights in its third-cycle Universal PeriodicReview (UPR), Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hanghas said.
At the ministry’s regular press conference in Hanoi on December 6, Hangbriefed the media about these outstanding achievements which were contained in the country's third-cycle UPR that was officially submitted to the UN Human RightsCouncil (UNHRC).
The UPR is an inter-governmental mechanism of the UNHRC, aimed at reviewingissues related to the human rights of all UN member countries. It was madeperiodically every four or five years to the principle of dialogue,cooperation, equality, objectivity, transparency, and construction.
“Vietnam supports the UNHRC’s UPR and is always serious in making the reviewand implementing the recommendations it accepted in the first-cycle UPR in 2009and the second-cycle UPR in 2014,” Hang said.
The third-cycle UPR deals comprehensively with the guarantee of human rights inVietnam since the second-cycle UPR, updates laws and policies pertaining tohuman rights, reports on the outcomes of ensuring human rights across theboard, and screens the implementation of the recommendations Vietnam acceptedin the second-cycle UPR. The report also defines prioritized commitments of thecountry in the coming years.
As by October 10, 2018, Vietnam implemented 175 out of the 182 recommendationsit accepted in the second-cycle UPR, or 96.2 percent. The remaining sevenrecommendations are being implemented or are being considered forimplementation at an appropriate time.
The report lists a number of outstanding achievements of Vietnam in ensuringhuman rights, including the adoption of the 2013 Constitution and the revisionand issuance of over 90 legal documents relating to the guarantee of humanrights.
Vietnam’s per capita income has increased continuously and the income of poorhouseholds has risen from between 15-20 percent. Meanwhile, themulti-dimensional poverty rate dropped from 9.88 percent in 2015 to 7.69percent last year. Some 38 percent of ethnic minorities have moved to the groupwith higher economic conditions (the national level is 28 percent).
Universal kindergarten education for five-year-old children and universal primaryeducation have been done in all 63 cities and provinces. The percentage ofwomen owning enterprises hits 27.8 percent while the percentage of female NationalAssembly deputies in the 2016-2021 tenure is 26.71 percent.
There were achievements in ensuring civil and political rights, including the right to equality before the law, the freedom of the press andthe Internet freedom.
People’s religious and spiritual life has been thriving with over 95percent of the population leading a spiritual or religious life, Hang said.-VNA
At the ministry’s regular press conference in Hanoi on December 6, Hangbriefed the media about these outstanding achievements which were contained in the country's third-cycle UPR that was officially submitted to the UN Human RightsCouncil (UNHRC).
The UPR is an inter-governmental mechanism of the UNHRC, aimed at reviewingissues related to the human rights of all UN member countries. It was madeperiodically every four or five years to the principle of dialogue,cooperation, equality, objectivity, transparency, and construction.
“Vietnam supports the UNHRC’s UPR and is always serious in making the reviewand implementing the recommendations it accepted in the first-cycle UPR in 2009and the second-cycle UPR in 2014,” Hang said.
The third-cycle UPR deals comprehensively with the guarantee of human rights inVietnam since the second-cycle UPR, updates laws and policies pertaining tohuman rights, reports on the outcomes of ensuring human rights across theboard, and screens the implementation of the recommendations Vietnam acceptedin the second-cycle UPR. The report also defines prioritized commitments of thecountry in the coming years.
As by October 10, 2018, Vietnam implemented 175 out of the 182 recommendationsit accepted in the second-cycle UPR, or 96.2 percent. The remaining sevenrecommendations are being implemented or are being considered forimplementation at an appropriate time.
The report lists a number of outstanding achievements of Vietnam in ensuringhuman rights, including the adoption of the 2013 Constitution and the revisionand issuance of over 90 legal documents relating to the guarantee of humanrights.
Vietnam’s per capita income has increased continuously and the income of poorhouseholds has risen from between 15-20 percent. Meanwhile, themulti-dimensional poverty rate dropped from 9.88 percent in 2015 to 7.69percent last year. Some 38 percent of ethnic minorities have moved to the groupwith higher economic conditions (the national level is 28 percent).
Universal kindergarten education for five-year-old children and universal primaryeducation have been done in all 63 cities and provinces. The percentage ofwomen owning enterprises hits 27.8 percent while the percentage of female NationalAssembly deputies in the 2016-2021 tenure is 26.71 percent.
There were achievements in ensuring civil and political rights, including the right to equality before the law, the freedom of the press andthe Internet freedom.
People’s religious and spiritual life has been thriving with over 95percent of the population leading a spiritual or religious life, Hang said.-VNA
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