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Vietnam’s consistent policy is to protect, promote human rights: Spokesperson

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has affirmed that Vietnam’s consistent policy is to protect and promote human rights, including basic rights to freedom specifically stipulated in the Constitution 2013 and many related legal documents.
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Hanoi (VNA) - Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang hasaffirmed that Vietnam’s consistent policy is to protect and promote humanrights, including basic rights to freedom specifically stipulated in theConstitution 2013 and many related legal documents.

She made the statement on March 11 at a regular press conference in reply toa reporter’s query on Vietnam’s position on a Freedom House report that again listsit in the group of countries that are not free.

Over recent years, Hang said, Vietnam has continuedto complete its legal and policy framework and implemented a range of specificmeasures to better ensure human rights and citizen’s rights while actively becomingengaged in international cooperation in human rights.

For example, she went on, within the frameworkof the third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the UN Human Rights Council in2019, many countries participated in sessions related to Vietnam, and amajority of them appreciated the country’s efforts and achievements, backed itsway of approach, and made constructive recommendations./.

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