Vietnam joins efforts to ensure human rights, president says

Vietnam, as a member of the international community, has been participating in concerted efforts to ensure and enforce human rights, President Nguyen Minh Triet said Wednesday.

President Triet made the statement as he gave a message of congratulations to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Vietnam, Triet said, believes that the lofty values contained within the Universal Declaration of Human Rights would continue to be a foundation for cooperation, mutual understanding and trust among countries in the 21st century and beyond.

The country’s success in reducing poverty, improving the living conditions of its people and creating a more prosperous society were concrete outcomes of the process of building and promoting democracy in the country, he said.

Meanwhile, Vietnamese Minister for Justice Ha Hung Cuong Wednesday described the two-day Bali Democracy Forum, which opened Wednesday in the Indonesian resort island of Bali, as a good chance to share opinions and experiences in promoting democracy.

Close to 200 government officials from 32 Asian countries, including Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and delegates from eight observing nations in Europe and America attended the event.

Source: VNA