Foreign Ministry Spokesman Luong Thanh Nghi on April 21 refutes the findings in the 2012 US global human rights report.
Nghi reaffirmed Vietnam ’s consistent policy of promoting and
respecting the fundamental rights of all residents, saying all residents
are allowed to exercise their rights within the law.
He went
on to say that the report, despite acknowledging some progress in
Vietnam’s human rights record, continued to base on erroneous
information on the situation in Vietnam and provided subjective comments
on the enforcement of human rights in the country.
This will
not help promote the relationship between the two countries, Nghi said,
stressing that a regular dialogue on human rights has been maintained by
the two sides.
The spokesman said Vietnam hopes that straight
and constructive dialogues like the one held in April 12 will provide
both sides with an objective and factual perspective on the exercise of
human rights in each country, thus further promoting mutual
understanding as well as the relationship between the two countries.-VNA