📝 OP-ED: Vietnam consistently respects, guarantees right to freedom of belief, religion Society

📝 OP-ED: Vietnam consistently respects, guarantees right to freedom of belief, religion

In their recently released international religious freedom reports, the US Department of State and the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), on one hand recognised Vietnam’s certain progress in promoting religious freedom and citing some official information from Government agencies of Vietnam but on the other still includes inobjective assessments based on unverified and inaccurate information about the reality in Vietnam.
Vietnam respects right to freedom of religion and belief: Deputy spokesperson Politics

Vietnam respects right to freedom of religion and belief: Deputy spokesperson

As a multi-ethnic and multi-religious country with diverse religious and belief life, the Vietnamese State consistently implements a policy of respecting and guaranteeing a citizen's right to freedom of religion and belief, and the right to follow or not follow any religion; ensuring equality and non-discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief; and protecting activities of religious organisations by law, stated the Foreign Ministry’s Deputy Spokesperson Pham Thu Hang on May 18.
Lao Front delegation pays working visit to Hai Phong city Politics

Lao Front delegation pays working visit to Hai Phong city

Secretary of Hai Phong city’s Party Committee Le Tien Chau, who is former Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, on April 27 was awarded a second-class Freedom Order (Issara) of Laos for his contributions to cooperation in front work between the two countries.
Vietnam - Holy See relations record much progress: officials Politics

Vietnam - Holy See relations record much progress: officials

The Vietnam - Holy See Joint Working Group held the 10th-round meeting in the Vatican on March 31 under the co-chair of Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and Monsignor Miroslaw Wachowski, Under-Secretary for the Holy See's Relations with States.
Respecting religious freedom - Vietnam's constant policy: Deputy PM Politics

Respecting religious freedom - Vietnam's constant policy: Deputy PM

Vietnam pursues a consistent policy of respecting and ensuring people's freedom to belief and religion as well as the equality among religions, while promoting cultural and moral values and resources of religions for the country’s development, stated Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai.
Man in Can Tho prosecuted for abuse of freedom, democracy rights Society

Man in Can Tho prosecuted for abuse of freedom, democracy rights

Police in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on February 22 decided to arrest and launch criminal proceedings against Le Minh The for “abusing the rights of freedom and democracy to violate the State’s interests, legitimate rights and interests of organisations and individuals" in accordance with Article 331 of the 2015 Criminal Code which was revised and supplemented in 2017.
Company executive accused of abusing freedom, democracy rights Society

Company executive accused of abusing freedom, democracy rights

Police of Ho Chi Minh City have finished an investigation into Nguyen Phuong Hang, General Director of the Dai Nam JSC, and three accomplices for the charge of “abusing rights of freedom and democracy to infringe upon interests of the State, rights and legitimate interests of organisations and individuals”.
Paris peace accords brings spring of freedom to nation: former Deputy PM Society

Paris peace accords brings spring of freedom to nation: former Deputy PM

The signing of the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam on January 27, 1973, had brought a special spring to the northern region, when for the first time in the resistance war there was no air-raid siren and no evacuation, former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan told Vietnam News Agency during a recent interview on the occasion of the agreement's 50th signing anniversary.
1982 UNCLOS a step towards freedom of navigation at sea: French scholar World

1982 UNCLOS a step towards freedom of navigation at sea: French scholar

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), also known as the Montego Bay Convention that made its way in the world on December 10, 1982, was a great step towards maintaining the freedom of navigation and has served as a basis for the development of marine activities and ocean conservation, said former Vice Admiral of the French Navy Patrick Hebrard.
Right to freedom of belief, religion respected, protected in Vietnam  Society

Right to freedom of belief, religion respected, protected in Vietnam

Vietnam is a country with religious and belief diversity. The Vietnamese Party and State have always pursued a consistent policy of respecting and ensuring the right to freedom of belief and religion, and promoting good cultural and moral values and resources of religions in service of national development.