(CLO) On December 19, the Standing Office of the Government Human Rights Steering Committee coordinated with the World and Vietnam Newspaper to organize the Workshop "Foreign information on human rights in the new situation".
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Head of the Government Human Rights Steering Committee Do Hung Viet delivered a speech at the workshop. This is one of a series of activities to promote Vietnam's achievements in ensuring human rights on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of World Human Rights Day (December 10, 1948 - December 10, 2024).
In response to the need to strongly promote foreign information, including foreign information on human rights, spreading positive information about Vietnam to the world, contributing to creating more resources and advantages to serve the new development stage of the country, the Workshop with the participation of experts, scholars, managers, and diplomats with extensive experience from agencies, departments, and sectors directly involved in foreign information work on human rights such as the Standing Office of the Government Human Rights Steering Committee, the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, the Diplomatic Academy, the Academy of Journalism and Communication; Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities, representatives of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights and press agencies..., discussed, shared, and suggested new ways and directions to improve the effectiveness of external information work on human rights, implementing Conclusion No. 57-KL/TW dated June 15, 2023 of the Politburo on continuing to improve the quality and effectiveness of external information work in the new situation; Decision No. 1079/QD-TTg dated September 14, 2022 of the Prime Minister on approving the Project on communication on human rights.
Conference scene. Photo: Organizing Committee
Speaking at the opening of the workshop, Deputy Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet, Deputy Head of the Government Human Rights Steering Committee, highly appreciated the significance and practical value of the event, especially when Vietnam has just announced its re-election to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2026-2028 term.
Talking about the importance of communication and foreign information on human rights, Deputy Minister Do Hung Viet quoted Uncle Ho's question: "That is the job to make those who do not understand us understand us, those who understand us love us, those who hate us hate us less, and those who hate us and cannot give up, at least be less aggressive."
According to Deputy Minister Do Hung Viet, currently, along with the country's great achievements, communication on human rights and foreign information have been strongly implemented with the attention, direction, and participation of the entire political system. However, foreign information work on human rights is facing many problems, which need to be frankly acknowledged and jointly found solutions such as: only focusing on the work of fighting and refuting; not really doing a good job of spreading information to politicians and citizens of other countries, and the Vietnamese community abroad; information work on issues related to human rights is still slow, passive in the face of information from foreign press, social networks and objective impacts from the international and regional situation...
Deputy Minister Do Hung Viet pointed out that there needs to be “new ways of doing things”, both creative and sensitive to foreign affairs, and regular and unceasing so that the world can better understand Vietnam. In addition, the Deputy Minister also emphasized the need to strengthen cooperation with international organizations and foreign press in the field of foreign communications to fight for and protect human rights in Vietnam, thereby promoting the national image, raising international awareness of the human rights situation in Vietnam and building an environment of fair dialogue in international forums.
In her opening remarks, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong, representative of the Standing Office of the Government Human Rights Steering Committee, said that with the strong changes in human rights work from the central to local levels, external information work on human rights has also been strengthened and promoted with the participation of all ministries, branches and localities, playing an extremely important role, helping the international community to correctly and clearly understand the viewpoints, guidelines, policies and achievements of our Party and State on human rights; fight and refute false and distorted information, thereby gaining support for the cause of building, protecting and developing the country. At the same time, she also emphasized that external information work on human rights is facing new requirements and tasks, requiring innovation in both content and methods, especially when Vietnam's international position and prestige are increasing in the international arena.
The workshop consisted of two sessions: “Foreign information and human rights: Where is the connection?” and “Solutions to promote foreign information on human rights in the new situation”. At the workshop, delegates listened to speakers present their speeches: Foreign information - an important front in protecting and fighting in the field of human rights; Approaches of some ASEAN countries and suggestions for Vietnam; Communication on human rights: Approaches to note; Foreign information serving the fight, refuting false arguments about the human rights situation in Vietnam in the new situation…
At the workshop, central and local foreign information management agencies, press agencies, researchers and scholars related to foreign information work and human rights work exchanged policies and academics, discussed new and effective ways to implement foreign information work on human rights in the new context. The workshop also attracted many opinions and proposed practical solutions to promote foreign information in the field of human rights, ensuring a lively, attractive communication effect, widely spreading information about Vietnam's efforts in ensuring human rights to the world.
In his concluding remarks, Mr. Nguyen Truong Son, Editor-in-Chief of The Gioi Va Viet Nam Newspaper, hoped that the Workshop would be a useful reference channel for those working in foreign information, specializing in human rights, so that they can continue to be flexible and creative in their media products to spread the image of the country and people of Vietnam to international friends. According to Mr. Nguyen Truong Son, in the new era of the nation, human rights and civil rights will continue to be cared for and guaranteed by the Party and State, contributing to affirming the stature and prosperous development of Vietnam in the international arena, creating a foundation for the country to accelerate and grow strongly./.
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