Over the years, the Party and the State have paid special attention to development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong said at a workshop on socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas in the Central Highlands and central coastal provinces, which was held in Dak Lak province on January 13. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 16
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Ensuring the rights of ethnic minorities: Comprehensive and multidimensional understanding is needed
Human rights are first of all individual rights, but it is also the right of the socio-cultural group in each ethnic minority group. And those rights are concretely guaranteed in terms of economic, social and cultural development in each ethnic group and ethnic - nation. Therefore, the guarantee of human rights must basically depend on the rights of ethnic minorities and ethnic-national communities, because the rights of these two community levels cover the rights of individuals in those groups. … [Read more...] about Ensuring the rights of ethnic minorities: Comprehensive and multidimensional understanding is needed
Vietnam obtains important achievements in empowering girls
In the world today, no country has achieved absolute gender equality. The countries in Asia and Vietnam are also no exception. Therefore, along with the improvement of legal policies, Vietnam ultimately promotes education activities to raise awareness of leaders, society, families and women about women's rights, and strengthen international cooperation, make use of all resources to ensure gender equality and women's empowerment. … [Read more...] about Vietnam obtains important achievements in empowering girls
Efforts of the whole socio-political system to “Leaving no one behind”
Local governments throughout the country have paid great attention to directing and issuing related documents; establishing steering committees at the provincial and district levels; assigning officers to monitor, urge and assign targets of social insurance participants to district and commune levels. Administrative procedures have been always reviewed, streamlined, and shortened (since May 2020, related procedures have been shortened to only three and only one procedure for the collection of voluntary social insurance). Application of information technology in professional activities has been promoted, electronic transactions at levels 3 and 4 have been applied to ensure the most convenience for participants. … [Read more...] about Efforts of the whole socio-political system to “Leaving no one behind”
Vietnam – a responsible member of international human rights conventions
Vietnam and the above countries both attach great importance to and appreciate the human rights dialogue. Dialogue mechanisms take place in the spirit of frankness, openness, constructive, substantive content and have brought into play positive results, narrowing differences, not only contributing to enhancing understanding and promoting relationship between Vietnam and its partners, but also a channel to exchange best experiences of each party and solve many human rights issues of mutual concern. … [Read more...] about Vietnam – a responsible member of international human rights conventions