The 17th session of the Vietnam-US Human Rights Dialogue took place in
Hanoi on April 12, said Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Luong Thanh
Nghi on April 17 when answering a reporter’s question relating to the
dialogue.
According to the spokesperson, at the
dialogue, the two sides frankly exchanged information about issues of
common concern, including those relating to law-governed state, freedom
of speech, freedom of religion, the rights of people with disabilities
and homosexuals, the implementation of the Universal Periodic Review
(UPR) mechanism, and the implementation and protection of human rights
in Vietnam and the US.
The Vietnamese side
also took the initiative in providing information and clarifying the
truth about erroneous, untrue information that did not correctly reflect
the real situation in Vietnam.
During their
visit to Vietnam, the US delegation headed by Deputy Assistant
Secretary Daniel Baer met a number of individuals of the US side’s
interest.
“We believe that the maintaining of
regular dialogues on issues, including human rights, between Vietnam and
the US in an open, constructive, equal and mutually respectful spirit
will contribute to strengthening mutual understanding and boosting
cooperation for the benefit of the two peoples,” said Nghi.-VNA