Enhancing the struggle and protection of human rights in the new situation

Attending the conference were comrades: Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Provincial Human Rights Steering Committee; Major General Bui Quang Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Director of the Provincial Police Department.

The conference was also attended by representatives of leaders of agencies that are members of the Provincial Human Rights Steering Committee, representatives of relevant departments, branches, sectors, and organizations, and representatives of leaders of districts, cities, towns, etc.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the conference, Major General Bui Quang Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Director of the Provincial Police Department, said that in recent times, Nghe An province's economy and society have continued to develop. According to statistics for the first 6 months of the year, GDP growth is estimated at 6.76%, ranking 3rd in the North Central region. There are 135 FDI ​​projects in the province, with a total registered capital of nearly 4 billion USD (nearly 100 trillion VND).

In addition, the work of ensuring social security has achieved many positive results; the material and spiritual life of the people has been gradually improved, especially in remote areas and ethnic minority areas; freedom of belief and religion, as well as the rights of ethnic minorities, have been guaranteed and cared for.

However, in addition to the achievements, the work of ensuring and promoting human rights in the province still faces many difficulties in practice. Meanwhile, hostile, reactionary and opposing forces take advantage of sensitive and complicated issues in ethnicity, religion as well as complex issues of security and order to distort and slander violations of "democracy" and "human rights", especially in cyberspace.

Major General Bui Quang Thanh also affirmed that human rights is the common task of the entire political system, closely linked to the grassroots level. At the same time, it requires the cooperation and coordination of departments, branches and sectors in protecting and ensuring human rights.

At the conference, delegates heard Colonel Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong - Head of the Human Rights Section, Standing Office of the Government Human Rights Steering Committee report on the topic "Human rights work in the new situation".

In addition, the conference also discussed the topic "Ensuring freedom of belief and religion and activities that take advantage of freedom of belief and religion to sabotage Vietnam" presented by Dr. Le Trung Kien - Deputy Chief of Office of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs.

At the conference, delegates focused on absorbing and comprehending the issues conveyed through the two topics; at the same time, frankly exchanged and discussed unclear issues to have a comprehensive understanding of the work of protecting and fighting for human rights in accordance with local practical foundations in the coming time.