Political News Headlines 7/3 “One of the purposes enshrined in the ASEAN Charter is to strengthen democracy, enhance good governance and the rule of law, and to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms, with due regard to the rights and responsibilities of the Member States of ASEAN,” Ambassador Nguyen Trung Thanh said in his speech on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the council’s 25th session in Geneva on March 6. ASEAN’s commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms has been witnessed upon the establishment of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) in 2009 in Cha-am Hua Hin, as the overarching institution responsible for the promotion and protection of human rights in ASEAN, added the Vietnamese Permanent Representative at the UN, World Trade Organisation and other international organisations in Geneva. The ASEAN Heads of State/Government adopted the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) in Phnom Penh on 18 November 2012 and affirmed their commitment to the full implementation of the AHRD to advance the promotion and protection of human rights in the region, he went on to say. Furthermore, ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children was established in 2010 in “ASEAN Member States share a common interest in and commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms which shall be achieved through, inter alia, cooperation with one another as well as with relevant national, regional and international institutions/organisations, in accordance with the ASEAN Charter,” the diplomat reiterated ASEAN consists of Brunei Darussalam, President welcomes new ambassadors State President Truong Tan Sang yesterday accepted the credentials from new ambassadors from throughout the world and voiced support for the diplomats in carrying out their missions in
The new ambassadors represented Sang noted that The diplomats vowed to work to improve their countries' ties with Brunei Ambassador Pengiran Haji Sahari bin Pengiran Haji Salleh expressed his hope to learn from Vietnam's experience in agricultural development and boost cooperation with Viet Nam in culture, education, tourism and labour. UAE Ambassador Khalid Ibrahim Abdulaziz Shohail Al-Qahtani said the two countries could cooperate in trade, investment and labour, while Kazak Ambassador Beketzhan Zhumakhanov underlined the need to create a legal foundation to allow for additional cooperation. Also, the Egyptian diplomat, Youssef Kamal Boutros Hanna, said his country would seek to study Thai Ambassador Panyarak Poolthup confirmed that his country would seek to increase its trade with Meanwhile, the Ambassador of Djibouti, Ahmed Araita Ali, stated his country will become a gateway for Vietnamese goods to be shipped to African and Arab markets. He hoped to receive more investment from Also, the Ambassador of Suriname, Lloyd Lucien Pinas, voiced his desire to acquire Tam made the wish at a reception for a visiting delegation from the Cambodian Senate’s Committee for International Cooperation, Information and Communications led by its chairwoman Ty Borasy on March 6. She described the visit as a contribution to further strengthening the traditional friendship and cooperation between She expressed her hope that after the visit, Ty Borasy will help foster cooperation and experience exchange between Congratulating Ty Borasy highlighted the developing ties between Cambodian localities and She also revealed that her visit aims to exchange experience in external relations and communication work with Cambodian also wants to learn experience from Hopes rise for better housing Most members of the National Assembly Law Committee have agreed on the need to build draft amendments to the Law on Housing. They also agreed that the lack of good building laws had led to the development of many very thin, multi-storey houses throughout At a meeting yesterday to examine the draft, they said the draft would create conditions for individuals to build houses and encourage more investment in housing development and trade. Deputies said that after eight years in operation, the current housing law was found to have shortcomings. For example, the current law only regulated the development of houses through market mechanisms, but lacked regulations on responsibilities of the State and related organisations and individuals in developing social housing. As a result, most businesses only focused on developing commercial housing. Also, they said the current law failed to require localities to make housing development plans and clearly define land funds when approving housing development projects. This has led to excessive development of houses, leading to a surplus in commercially built apartments but a shortage of social housing. However, they said some proposals in the draft law failed to provide reasonable measures on housing for social-welfare beneficiaries, disadvantaged people and low-income earners. Some deputies said the draft law still paid little attention to adjusting regulations on private houses and existing houses in residential areas and rural areas. Deputy Nguyen Sy Cuong said the draft amendments still lacked regulations on general housing so they would create conditions for people to build houses following their own needs and interests, whether they met common requirements or not. This was one reason for the existence of super-thin houses in recent decades, he said. Regarding the transfer of house-ownership rights, the Standing NA Law Committee said it was essential that they be transferred between buyers and sellers at the time the deal was actually done. Discussion also focused on funds for social housing, home ownership by foreign individuals and organisations in Basing on opinions raised at this meeting, the compiling board will soon complete the draft amendments to the Housing Law to submit to the National Assembly Standing Committee for consideration at its 26th session this month. VNN/VOV/VNS/VNA |
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