In an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency after Vietnam won the election at the 77th session of the U.N. General Assembly on October 11 in New York, Hieu highlighted the significance of the success as affirming and recognizing Vietnam's great efforts in promoting the protection of the human rights over the past, which is also the Party and State's consistent advocate, policy and policy, as well as one of the contents and programs to build a law-governed socialist State that Vietnam is aiming at.

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Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Hieu

The international community highly expects that Vietnam, with its second membership at the council, will exert efforts to protect human rights, thus contributing to joint efforts of the international community in this work, Hieu said.

According to the official, Vietnam has participated in many major pillars of the U.N., from politics, development to human rights promotion and protection.

This is a righteous policy of Vietnam when joining the U.N. in particular, and boosting the country’s multilateral diplomacy in general, he stressed. 

The official attributed the result to the close direction of Party and State leaders, and coordination by relevant ministries and sectors, press agencies and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Source: VNA