The State of Vietnam always strives to ensure that our people can enjoy increasingly better and adequate conditions to realize human rights
ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT BY MR. LE DZUNG, THE SPOKESMAN
OF THE VIETNAMESE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON 1st MARCH 2005
DPA, VOV, VNA: Please advise Vietnam's reaction to the U.S State Department's 2004 Human Rights Report, a part of which is on Vietnam.
Answer:
While acknowledging positive developments in Vietnam the U.S State Departments 2004 Human Rights Report still maintains biased assessments on Vietnams human right situation. We absolutely reject these wrongful assessments.
The State of Vietnam always strives to ensure that our people can enjoy increasingly better and adequate conditions to realize human rights. It is also the foundation for all the policies and activities of the State of Vietnam. Vietnam has recorded great achievements in building a law-governed State along the direction of building Vietnam into a country of "prosperous people, strong nation, equitable, democratic and civilised society".
The State of Vietnam pays special attention to the construction and completion of the law system, legal frameworks and necessary institutions in order to better exercise and protect the people's freedoms as well as their economic, cultural and social rights. This is the target of all efforts by the executive and legislative bodies.
The State of Vietnam respects and protects freedom of beliefs and religions and freedom of non-belief or religion of its citizens. All religions which have religious goals and principles, purposes, guidelines and organization in line with Vietnamese laws, are permitted to be practiced. A number of laws are promulgated to facilitate religious beliefs' activities, most recently the Prime Ministers Instructions on Protestant Affairs.
In Vietnam, there is no religious repression or racial discrimination, no one is detained for different political opinions. Only those who violate the law are handled with in accordance with Vietnamese laws.
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