Human rights above sovereignty - a dangerous illusion

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 08:37 (GMT+7)
Human rights, while universally acknowledged, are also deeply rooted in the cultural and historical context of individual nations. Hostile forces, however, have sought to exploit this, absolutising the concept of human rights and asserting “human rights above sovereignty”. This dangerous tactic aims to destabilise political environments and provide a pretext for unwarranted interference in the internal affairs of independent states. Such a claim is unfounded and must be unequivocally refuted

Rejecting the wrong perspectives that “The August Revolution in 1945 fails to bring about real democracy and freedom for the people”

Sunday, September 17, 2023, 22:24 (GMT+7)
The verifications from the historical witnesses and the reality of freedom in Vietnam have once again confirmed that the August Revolution in 1945 brought the real freedom for the people. The democracy and freedom have connected with the national independence and been the inevitable results of the national independence. It has definitely not a fake freedom. Presently, those values have been continuously shining in the flow of history of the nation and era. Neither any evil plots nor forces could deny the values of independence and freedom that the August Revolution in 1945 brought for the country and people of Vietnam.

Rejecting the wrong perspectives on religions in Viet Nam

Wednesday, June 28, 2023, 20:25 (GMT+7)
Presently, in Viet Nam, the unanimity between religions and the State has been clearly expressed in the national solidarity including the solidarity among religions to create the strength and the decisive factor for the victory of the cause of building and safeguarding the country. This is the subjective reality which rejects the allegation that “there was no religious freedom” in Viet Nam.

Is the single-party regime hindering the country’s development?

Friday, April 09, 2021, 07:51 (GMT+7)
The hostile forces always claim that “the single-party regime is hindering the country’s development.” However, this is only a defective version of the call for pluralism and a multi-party regime in Vietnam. Their ultimate goal is to deny and gradually remove the unique leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam over the Vietnamese State and society

August Revolution and Ho Chi Minh's diplomatic culture

Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 09:24 (GMT+7)
During the August Revolution, Ho Chi Minh's diplomatic culture was clearly demonstrated in the noble goal of national liberation, human liberation and the struggle for the good values of humanity; in the art of taking advantage of opportunities; in the continuation of the tradition of peace and humanity; in the diplomatic motto of "being firm in objectives, flexible in strategies and tactics” and in the diplomatic style of sophistication, simplicity, sincerity, and humanity.

Remain vigilance against hostile forces’ trick of commenting on draft documents of the 13th National Party Congress

Monday, May 25, 2020, 13:39 (GMT+7)
On the threshold of the 13th National Party Congress, with the respect for the people, our Party has asked for opinions from the people so that it could formulate leadership guidelines in accordance with the development of reality. However, hostile forces have devoted efforts to distorting and sabotage that humane viewpoint of our Party. Thus, it is very important to remain vigilance against and unmask those artifices by the hostile forces

President Ho Chi Minh's 'Mass Mobilisation': theoretical and practical value

Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 09:20 (GMT+7)
Ho Chi Minh's 'Mass Mobilisation' had more than 600 words and was neatly printed in two pages and four columns in a coherent manner. Despite its shortness, this work exuded Ho Chi Minh's style, which was characterised by simplicity, straightforwardness, and content-focusedness.

The same old prejudiced way of thinking against human rights in Vietnam

Friday, April 12, 2019, 09:37 (GMT+7)
As a yearly event, on March 13th 2019, in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of State released “the 2018 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices”. On March 14th, at the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam (MoFA), the MoFA’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang stated: “In spite of the fact that they acknowledged Vietnam’s achievements in human rights, the 2018 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices by the U.S. Department of State included unbiased verdicts based on incorrect information related to reality in Vietnam”

Ho Chi Minh – great chief architect of contemporary Vietnamese state

Sunday, September 09, 2018, 10:34 (GMT+7)
On 2nd September 1945 at Ba Dinh Square, President Ho Chi Minh read the immortal Declaration of Independence to announce the birth of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam - a new type of state, modern Vietnamese State. His viewpoints on building modern Vietnamese State act as an ideological foundation and a lodestar for building a socialist law-governed State of the people, by the people and for the people under the leadership of the Party

The Communist Party of Vietnam initiates and leads Doi Moi for the country to be well on the way to socialism

Thursday, September 06, 2018, 10:03 (GMT+7)
The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) co-organized their 14th theoretical symposium in Ho Chi Minh City, which highlighted Vietnam’s experience during its “Doi Moi” (Renewal) process and China’s open-door and reform policy. Vo Van Thuong, Politburo member, Secretary of the CPV Central Committee, Head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, led the Vietnamese delegation at the symposium and delivered a keynote speech. The National Defense Journal would like to present the following excerpt from his speech