A literacy class in Gia Lai province (Photo: VNA) The informationwas released at a conference held by the Ministry of Information and Communicationsin Hanoi on November 23 to provide monthly updates about human rights andexternal information affairs.
TranChi Mai, Deputy Director of the International Cooperation Department at theGovernment’s Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs, said that joining CERD in 1982, Vietnam has successfully defended the nationalreports on the CERD implementation four times, in 1983, 1993, 2000 and 2012.
Thereport defence is a chance for the country to introduce its achievements inhuman rights protection along with the Party and State’s viewpoints and policieson ethnic minorities and foreigners in Vietnam. This will help refute slander and distortions of hostile forces and also enhance the mutual understanding betweenVietnam and the international community, she noted.
Thefifth national report covers legislative, administrative and judicial measures and the implementation results of those measures taken during 2013 -2019 to protect human rights and fight acts of racial discrimination againstethnic minority people and foreigners in Vietnam.
Thereport also presents the country’s achievements in protecting human rights forethnic minorities and foreigners, points out difficulties and advantages in the CERD implementation during the reviewed period, and identifiesimplementation orientations for the time ahead, Mai said.
Elaborating on the report’s content, she said it affirms that theVietnamese Party and Government’s consistent viewpoint and policy on ethnicminority groups as enshrined in Article 5 of the 2013 Constitution completely matchArticle 1 on racial discrimination prevention in the CERD.
The report shares the country’s attainments in ethnic minority affairssince 2013. During 2013 - 2019, Vietnam obtained many remarkable results inpromoting the great national solidarity and assisting ethnic minority groups insocioeconomic development, poverty reduction, and preservation of their traditionalvalues, languages, and scripts.
It also stresses Vietnam’s commitment to exercising the rights and obligationsof a CERD member state by highlighting the country’sachievements in aligning its legal system with international standards andprotecting the universal values on human rights, as well as Vietnam’s effortsto help eliminate all forms of racial discrimination, according to theofficial./.
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