Day: February 26, 2024

Geneva: Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has called on countries to support Vietnam's bid for re-election as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2026-2028 tenure. Leading a Vietnamese delegation to the UNHRC's 55th session in Geneva on Feburary 26, Minister Son said human rights could only be best ensured in a peaceful, stable environment where international law is maintained and respected, and where the State places its people at the centre of all policies, ensuring comprehensive and sustainable development. He underscored the need for the UNHRC to prioritise fulfilling basic human rights needs, including access to economic, social, and cultural rights, the right to development, and ensuring the protection of vulnerable groups. The UNHRC should pay attention to promoting the implementation of Vietnam's proposed Resolution 52/19, especially urging countries to promote mutual respect, understanding, tolerance, inclusiveness, unity, and appreciation of differences, di alogue, and cooperation, he added. The minister also reaffirmed Vietnam's priorities if re-elected, including protecting vulnerable groups, promoting gender equality, embracing digital transformation, and upholding human rights. At the 56th session of the UNHRC in June, Vietnam will propose an annual resolution on ensuring human rights in the face of climate change, he said. According to him, Vietnam has submitted its national report under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism for the fourth cycle, with nearly 90% of the recommendations received in 2019 being fulfilled./. Source: Vietnam News Agency

The Prime Minister is concerned about the prevalence of forest fires from burning and heat. Instruct agencies to take care of incident prevention and emergency response plans to extinguish fires. Mr. Chai Watcharong, spokesman for the Prime Minister's Office, revealed that Mr. Settha Thavisin, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Concerned about the situation of forest fires that are already occurring in many areas. Latest in Mae Hong Son Province and is likely to occur more Especially during the summer when there are hot spots and high risks of fire outbreaks. It affects the ecosystem, environment, including the cause of PM 2.5 dust, including putting out forest fires is difficult. You must use your strength. Tools and equipment that may be beyond our power to control and extinguish the fire The Prime Minister therefore ordered relevant agencies to join in monitoring risk areas. and has high heat At each point, don't be careless to prevent it. and when ignition occurs You must hurry to control and exti nguish the fire in the initial stages as quickly as possible. Ordered to plan a concise response to the incident. and can be practiced By assigning provincial governors as the main mechanism. in integrating cooperation at all levels, including provinces, districts, and local levels Including cooperation from the military to prevent and deal with forest fire situations. 'The forest fire situation resulting in widespread damage Especially natural resources and PM 2.5 dust. Thank you to all sectors that have worked together to control and extinguish fires that have erupted in many areas in the past. Request strict surveillance in high-risk areas to prevent forest fires. that is likely to occur easily during the summer Have a plan to deal with the situation together. In order not to cause damage to the entire environment. life and natural resources,' the Prime Minister said Source: Thai News Agency

New Delhi: Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet has recently attended the 9th Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, India, where he highlighted multilateral cooperation for peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. The Raisina Dialogue is India's premier conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics committed to addressing the most challenging issues facing the global community. It is hosted annually by the Observer Research Foundation in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs and the Government of India. This effort is supported by a number of institutions, organisations and individuals, who are committed to the mission of the conference. Themed "Chaturanga: Conflict, Contest, Cooperate, Create," this year's event took place on February 22 and 23, bringing together 2,500 delegates, including many leaders, senior officials, researchers and scholars from more than 100 countries in and outside the region. Addressing a session titled 'Desecuritising Development: Resilience in the Indo-Pacific,' Viet pointed to ongoing 'hot spots' and conflicts in the region and the world, along with non-traditional security challenges, complex developments in the East Sea, and severe climate change, and unsustainable use of natural resources in the Mekong sub-region, which have posed challenges to sustainable development and efforts to maintain long-term peace and stability in the region. The context presents a message that the Indo-Pacific is not only an area of strategic competition between superpowers but also a place where countries strive for multilateral cooperation for peace and stability, and join hands to settle common challenges, he stressed. Vietnam and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are committed to building the message by creating a resilient and comprehensive community network, where every country can grow in peace, stability and sustainable development, while promoting the importance of multilateral cooperation, constructive dialogue and prosperity for all, the off icial stressed. The Raisina Dialogue 2024 further focused on initiatives of the Group of 20 (G20) where India held the 2023 Presidency, and looked into security and economic challenges worldwide. The participants shared the view on the significance of cooperation, dialogue, trust building and respect for international law and multilateralism, including the acceleration of United Nations reform. Within the framework of the dialogue, Viet had bilateral meetings with Polish Secretary of State Wladyslaw Teofil Bartoszewski, Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik, Secretary-General of the European External Action Service Stefano Sannino, and Director-General of the Office of National Intelligence of Australia Andrew Shearer. At the meetings, they touched upon bilateral relations, as well as regional and international issues of shared concern./. Source: Vietnam News Agency