Chinese delegation on human rights visits Vietnam

A Chinese delegation led by Xie Fuzhan, chairman of the China Foundation for Human Rights Development (CFHRD), visited Vietnam from Monday to Thursday for exchanges on human rights.

The delegation visited the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, and the Institute of Human Rights under the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, as well as organizations including the Ho Chi Minh City branch of Bank of China (Hong Kong), Sunwah Group, and the Ho Chi Minh City branch of the China Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam.

The delegation elaborated on the core principles and rich connotations of China's contemporary human rights philosophy, and outlined the historic achievements of China's human rights development and its contributions to the global human rights cause, helping promote people-to-people exchanges and cooperation with relevant Vietnamese institutions.

Representatives from Vietnamese institutions spoke highly of China's path and achievements in human rights development and commended China's commitment to speaking up for developing countries and upholding international fairness and justice within multilateral human rights mechanisms of the United Nations.

Both sides agreed that human rights development should proceed from national conditions and the needs of the people, and opposed imposing Western standards, politicizing human rights issues, and applying double standards.

They also agreed that the rights to subsistence and development are primary and fundamental human rights, and that peace and development are essential prerequisites for protecting human rights.

The two sides agreed to strengthen cooperation in areas including digital human rights protection, ecological and environmental protection, labor rights, and youth exchanges, so as to advance the development of human rights in both countries through exchanges and mutual learning.

(Cover via VCG)