The United Nations General Assembly on March 2 passed a resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and calling on Russia to withdraw its troops immediately. The resolution was passed with 141 votes in favor out of a total of 193…
A group of United Nations human rights experts on January 21, 2022, expressed deep concern about allegations of forced labor against a group of about 400 Vietnamese workers who were “trafficked” to Serbia to work for a Chinese company. Press…
On September 23, Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc called for international support for Vietnam’s seat of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) 2023 that Hanoi is aiming for. Speaking at the high-level joint discussion session of the 76th UN…
US and Vietnamese officials held meetings on the sidelines of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly. US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said on September 22 that she and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son met…
Head of the permanent representative delegation of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and other international organizations in Geneva, on June 23, said that Vietnam always has a consistent policy to advocates for the promotion…
After successfully assuming the role of chairman of the UN Security Council for the term 2020-2021, Vietnam once again held this role in April 2021. Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thao shared with the Laws of Ho Chi Minh City newspaper that:…
Up to 488 international civil society organizations have just issued a joint statement expressing their disappointment at the UN Security Council’s lack of decisive action against the Myanmar military coup and the killings carried out by the Myanmar army. At…
The Vietnamese government was named by international media as one of the four countries that prevented the United Nations (UN) from making a tough statement on Myanmar after the coup last month. Speaking to BBC News Vietnamese on March 18,…
The UN has just released a 2020 report on government intimidation and retaliation cases in Vietnam, under which there are at least 16 cases involving government detention, confiscation of identity documents, and interrogation or follow up from 2019 to present.…
The UN has just published a letter that its two Special Rapporteurs sent to the Government of Vietnam on April 30, 2020, regarding acts of intimidation, harassment, and suppression of many people when they intended to or have been attended…
