Human rights record defended

Human rights in Vietnam are not guaranteed simply in words but through action, said Dr Cao Duc Thai, Director of the Centre on Human Rights Research of the Ho Chi Minh National Politics Institute, in the March issue of Tap Chi Cong San. Dr. Thai highlight changes in Vietnam's legal system, including the passage of the 1992 constitution, and some 40 laws, including the Civil Code, the Labour Code, the Law on Investment, the Law on Child Care, Education and Protection, and the Worshipping and Religious Ordinance. (VNA, Vietnamnet March 21).