Vietnam is recognized by the world as a successful model in hunger eradication and poverty reduction.

At the conference, Mr. Dinh Tien Dung, Deputy Director of the Department of Grassroots Information and External Information, introduced the Party's viewpoints and policies, the State's laws and policies on human rights, international conventions and documents, and the rights and obligations of Vietnamese citizens. At the same time, he built communication skills, focusing on building messages and using diverse media to promote human rights.

In recent times, Vietnam has achieved achievements in ensuring human rights and communicating about human rights. Specifically, there are 8 contents:

Firstly, the material and spiritual life of the people has been constantly improved. After nearly 40 years of renovation, from a country heavily devastated by many wars; besieged and embargoed for 30 years, Vietnam has become a typical country implementing the United Nations' millennium goals, a model of healing and recovery after war. The multidimensional poverty rate according to the new standard in 2024 is only about 1%. According to the UNDP Human Development Report, Vietnam's Human Development Index (HDI) in 2024 increased by 8 places compared to the previous period, from 115 to 107/193 countries.

Second, education work, up to now, has provided universal preschool education for 5-year-old children; the rate of mobilizing students to attend primary school at the right age has reached 99.7%; the rate of students completing the secondary education program has reached 90.7%.

Third, the labor participation rate, as of the third quarter of 2024, the whole country has 51.6 million employed workers, accounting for 98% of the labor force.

Fourth, the elderly are cared for; the work of repaying the gratitude of war invalids, martyrs, and people with revolutionary contributions is well implemented. The average life expectancy in Vietnam increased from 65.5 years in 1993 to 74.5 years in 2023, higher than the world average (73 years). The State currently provides regular subsidies to over 1.13 million people with revolutionary contributions at a cost of VND29,000 billion/year.

Fifth, support social security with the spirit of “leaving no one behind”. The poverty rate decreased from 58% in 1993 to 1.93% in 2024. Vietnam is recognized and highly appreciated by the world and considered a successful model in hunger eradication and poverty reduction.

The State currently provides regular subsidies to nearly 3.4 million social protection beneficiaries and nearly 355,000 households and individuals receive monthly support. During the COVID-19 pandemic alone, Vietnam supported 67 million people with a budget of more than VND100,000 billion, making it one of the five countries with the highest vaccine coverage rate in the world with free vaccination.

Vietnam is implementing a program with the goal of eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses nationwide by 2025.

Sixth, regarding gender equality, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report, Vietnam's gender equality index increased from 87th in 2021 to 72nd out of 146 in 2023.

Seventh, all people live in a peaceful environment with independence and sovereignty maintained, political security, and social order and safety guaranteed; all people enjoy democratic freedom, freedom of religion and belief, freedom of the press, access to information, freedom of creativity, and equality before the law.

According to the United Nations rankings, Vietnam's happiness index in 2024 increased by 11 places, ranking 54/143; Vietnam's Sustainable Development Index (SDGs) in 2024 increased by 1 place compared to 2023, ranking 54/166.

Eighth, Vietnam is currently a member and actively participates in the activities of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2023-2025 term.

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/viet-nam-duoc-the-gioi-ghi-nhan-la-hinh-mau-thanh-cong-ve-xoa-doi-giam-ngheo-post809580.html