RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN VIETNAM’S INTEREST-Lao Times | Aug 19, 2015 “The freedom to speak, freedom to worship, to travel, to acquire knowledge and information,” said Secretary Kerry, “these are essentials.” In the twenty years that the United States and Vietnam have reestablished relations, barriers of mistrust and misunderstanding continue to fall. This has made possible an honest dialogue on […]
Vietnam’s lawmakers support gender reassignment, call it basic human right-Thanhniennews | Aug 20, 2015 Many members of the National Assembly’s legal committee on Tuesday urged the government to recognize gender reassignment as a human right. The committee expressed their view on the issue two months after it criticized the government for contradicting itself in its draft amendments to the Civil Code. In the bill, […]
Non-recognition of sex reassignment in Vietnam may violate human rights: lawmaker-Tuoitrenews | Aug 19, 2015 Many people have warned that a draft regulation that does not recognize sex reassignment may violate human rights provided for in Vietnam’s Constitution, said a senior law official. Chairman of the National Assembly Law Committee Phan Trung Ly made the statement when delivering a report on the amendments to the […]
Lawmakers debate people’s rights to freedom of religion and access to information-vietnamlawmagazine | Aug 19, 2015 The Law on Beliefs and Religions would guarantee citizens’ right to freedom of religion as stipulated in the 2013 Constitution and also make the country follow the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, said members of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee while discussing the draft Law on Beliefs and […]
NEW DRAFT LAW IN VIETNAM MAY FURTHER RESTRICT CHRISTIANITY-incontextministries | Aug 19, 2015 Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is concerned that a draft law on religion or belief, currently being reviewed by the legislature in Vietnam, will prevent rather than protect the enjoyment of full freedom of religion or belief. On 14 August, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly reviewed a draft law […]
Vietnam moves closer to passing controversial religion bill-Ucanews | Aug 19, 2015 Vietnam is moving closer to passing a restrictive law on religion, Christian groups have warned. The country’s most powerful political organ, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, discussed the bill Aug. 14 with few signs major amendments would be made before passing next year, said the religious freedom advocacy […]
Once loyal – defiant farmers question party leadership-Vietnamrightnow | Aug 17, 2015 In her late teens Mrs Hao used to mop floors for the French Foreign Legion and hope for a Communist victory. Now, at the age of 80, she comes to Hanoi from her village each week to protest outside government buildings. She is from one of nearly a thousand farming […]
Vietnam Legislators Demand Citizen Rights for Detainee, Arrested-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Aug 18, 2015 Vietnam’s police forces must respect citizen rights of the detainees and arrested individuals in criminal cases as they are yet to be convicted by courts, said members of the Standing Committee of the country’s legislative body National Assembly (NA). During a debate on the draft law of Criminal […]
One Vietnamese Injured in Bangkok Deadly Blast: Embassy-by Vu Quoc Ngu, Aug 18, 2015 One Vietnamese was injured in the deadly blast in Bangkok on Monday [Aug. 17] evening, the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand has confirmed. On the morning of Aug. 18, an official from the Vietnamese Embassy came to the Bangkok-based BMA General Hospital to visit Mr. Mai Van Truong, 25, […]
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