Need to focus on two tasks: protecting and fighting for human rights

On November 15, the Government's Standing Office for Human Rights coordinated with the Ben Tre Provincial Steering Committee for Human Rights to organize a 2023 grassroots human rights training conference in Ben Tre province for more than 300 delegates.

More than 300 delegates attended the 2023 Grassroots Human Rights Training Conference in Ben Tre province on November 15.

At the conference, delegates listened to reporters present the following topics: Human rights work in the new situation; Ensuring freedom of belief and religion and activities that take advantage of freedom of belief and religion to oppose Vietnam...

Speaking at the Conference, Ms. Nguyen Thi Be Muoi, Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Human Rights Steering Committee of Ben Tre province affirmed that in the past time, the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee have paid attention to leading and directing departments, branches, sectors, unions and local Party committees and authorities to effectively coordinate in implementing socio-economic development programs, associated with implementing policies on gratitude, poverty reduction, social security, caring for the material and spiritual life of the people, creating excitement and trust among the people in the Party and the government.

Ben Tre province has implemented a policy to support 100% of workers and 100% of business households and enterprises facing difficulties due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

From 2020 to present, jobs have been created for over 53,007 workers, including 2,867 workers working abroad under contracts, unemployment benefits have been decided for 60,953 cases, and vocational training and recruitment has been organized for over 20,000 people.

Poverty reduction work continues to be focused on and cared for, with funding provided to support sustainable livelihoods to escape poverty for 8,397 poor and near-poor households with a support budget of more than 170 billion VND, and support to buy 54,474 health insurance cards for near-poor households... 474 gratitude houses, 3,736 solidarity houses, including 26 houses for families with ethnic minority members facing housing difficulties...

Đồng chí Nguyễn Thị Bé Mười, Phó Chủ tịch UBND tỉnh, Trưởng Ban Chỉ đạo về Nhân quyền tỉnh Bến Tre phát biểu.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Be Muoi, Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Steering Committee on Human Rights of Ben Tre province spoke.

In addition to the achievements, the Head of the Ben Tre Provincial Human Rights Steering Committee also frankly acknowledged that human rights work in the province is still limited: coordination and information exchange between agencies, departments, and organizations are sometimes not timely; propaganda work on achievements in ensuring human rights is still limited, not regular, propaganda content is not in-depth, not specific orientation; fighting and refuting false and hostile information and viewpoints are sometimes passive, not timely, not mobilizing the strength of the political system and the participation of all classes of people...

The training conference on human rights work contributes to thoroughly grasping and disseminating some basic contents on the Party's viewpoints and guidelines, the State's policies and laws on ensuring human rights; plots, methods and tricks of hostile forces taking advantage of human rights issues to sabotage Vietnam; aiming to equip necessary knowledge for sectors and levels to apply in practical work.

Thiếu tướng Nguyễn Văn Kỷ, Phó Cục trưởng Cục Đối ngoại – Bộ Công an, Phó Chánh Văn phòng Thường trực Nhân quyền Chính phủ phát biểu.

Major General Nguyen Van Ky, Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs - Ministry of Public Security, Deputy Chief of the Government's Permanent Office for Human Rights, spoke.

Speaking at the Conference, Major General Nguyen Van Ky, Deputy Chief of the Government Office for Human Rights, emphasized that democracy and human rights are still the main directions that a number of countries, international organizations, and reactionary and hostile forces exploit to exert pressure, promote internal "self-transformation" factors, and incite opposition in the context that 2023 is the year to implement the mission of being a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2023-2025 term.

Therefore, human rights work is the task of all levels, sectors and the entire political system. It is necessary to focus on simultaneously implementing both aspects of human rights protection and struggle: raising awareness, ensuring and promoting human rights and fighting against plots and activities that take advantage of democracy and human rights issues to sabotage Vietnam.

Proactively advise authorities at all levels to effectively develop and implement policies and laws on ensuring and promoting human rights, ensuring social security, and effectively addressing people's needs and aspirations, especially those related to religious freedom, ethnic minorities, land, etc.; strengthen propaganda and training on knowledge of law and human rights for grassroots cadres and civil servants.

Besides, it is necessary to raise vigilance, detect and combat plots and activities of hostile forces that take advantage of democracy and human rights issues at the grassroots level to conduct activities against Vietnam.

Đại tá Phạm Thanh Tùng - Phó Giám đốc Công an tỉnh, Phó Trưởng Ban thường trực Ban Chỉ đạo về Nhân quyền tỉnh Bến Tre phát biểu.

Colonel Pham Thanh Tung - Deputy Director of the Provincial Police, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Steering Committee on Human Rights of Ben Tre province spoke.

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