FM Spokeswoman rejects Human Right' report on ethic minority

Mon, 04/29/2002 - 12:22

On April 24, 2002, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Phan Thuy Thanh answered question from many journalists:Please provide Vietnam's reaction to a report by the Human Rights Watch on 23 April 2002 accusing Vietnamese authorities of suppressing Central Highland ethnic minority people.

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Vietnam to extend co-operation on human rights

Tue, 04/16/2002 - 16:21

Vietnam, as a committed member of the UN Commission on Human Rights for 2001-2003, will extend its constructive co-operation for the cause of human rights of every individual, every community and every nation, said Ton Nu Thi Ninh, Assistant to the foreign minister.


Ms Ninh delivered a speech at the 58th session of the Human Rights Commission in Geneva on April 2, highlighting Vietnam's great efforts and achievements with respect to democracy and human rights.

Resolution for Highland migrants in humanitarian basis

Sun, 03/31/2002 - 22:07

Ha Noi, March 31 (VNA) -- Problems related to Central Highlands ethnic minority people now living temporarily in camps in Cambodia should be settled immediately on the humanitarian basis, not be politicized to harm Viet Nam and Cambodia's security, has said a Spokeswoman of the Foreign Ministry of Viet Nam.

The following is statement from Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Phan Thuy Thanh on March, 31, 2002:

MOFA Spokeswoman: Vietnam has honored Tripartie argreement

Mon, 03/25/2002 - 09:08

The conclusion of the Tripartite Agreement signed on 21 January 2002 on repatriation of ethnic minority people in the Central Highlands who have illegally crossed the border into Cambodia is the result of efforts by Viet Nam, Cambodia and UNHCR. Viet Nam has honored, and will commit itself to, this Agreement, according to which returnees will be repatriated in safety and respect for human dignity. Viet Nam has never returned and will never repatriate people against their own will.

Vietnam wants UNHCR to continue repatriation of illegal migrants

Thu, 03/14/2002 - 10:10

Ha Noi, March 13 (VNA) -- A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman today called on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to fulfil the tripartite agreement which it signed with Viet Nam and Cambodia dealing with the repatriation of illegal Vietnamese migrants now in camps in Cambodia.

The spokeswoman, Phan Thuy Thanh, made the statement in reply to foreign reporters' questions on the results of a meeting for that purpose held by Viet Nam, Cambodia and the UNHCR in Ho Chi Minh City on March 12, which she described as frank and constructive.

US citizen slams slanderous accusations against Vietnam

Thu, 03/14/2002 - 10:07


Andrew Wells-Dang, Washington-based representative of the US Fund for Reconciliation and Development (FRD), has strongly criticised slanderous accusations by Michael Benge, Florida Republican Representative, Mrs Ileana Ros-Lebtinen and exiled Vietnamese in France about the human rights situation in Vietnam.

"More than 25 years after the Vietnam War ended... some people are still trying to fight the war by other means," said Andrew in his article published by the Washington Times on Sunday (March 10) edition.

FM rejects the U.S State Dept's human rights report 2001

Wed, 03/06/2002 - 18:00

Ha Noi, March 6 (VNA) -- Viet Nam's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Phan Thuy Thanh on Wednesday rejected as a crude slander the U.S. State Department's human rights report in 2001 criticizing some countries including Viet Nam.

"The report has grossly distorted the reality in Viet Nam as it made a series of slanderous accusations with false evidence," Ms. Thanh said in response to foreign and domestic correspondents' queries about Viet Nam's reaction to the U.S. human rights report issued on March 4.

Aspiration for family reunion relatives of illegal immigrants

Tue, 03/05/2002 - 11:41

Central Highlands province Gia Lai

Meeting with returnees to the Central Highlands

Tue, 03/05/2002 - 10:59

Ha Noi, March 5 (VNA) -- Illegal ethnic minority migrants, who just returned to their homes in the Central Highlands, after having spent six difficult months in make-shift Cambodian camps, recently spoke out about their experiences. According to these returnees, evil people had incited them to flee their homeland in the Central Highlands last year.

Gia Lai meets with relatives of illegal migrants

Fri, 03/01/2002 - 15:36

Gia Lai, Mar. 1 (VNA) -- The Fatherland Front in central highlands Gia Lai province on Friday met with nearly 500 relatives of ethnic people who were deceived by malefactors into illegally crossing the border to Cambodia.

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