HANOI, March 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Vietnam vehemently opposed to and
firmly rejected the U.S. human rights report, noting that with
issuing the report, the United States is roughly interfering in
Vietnam's internal affairs.
   In answering a question here on Vietnam's reaction to the 2001
global human rights report issued by the U.S. State Department on
Monday, Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Phan Thuy Thanh
said the U.S. State Department is continuing a wrongdoing as
qualifying itself for judging human rights conditions of other
countries. Meanwhile, the United State is being criticized for
violating human rights and was not voted member of the United
Nations Human Rights Committee.
   She said the report flagrantly distorted real human rights
conditions in Vietnam as making slanderous remarks, and showing
fabricated and false evidences.
   In Vietnam, the fundamental rights of the citizens are ensured
by the constitution of the country and respected in reality, Thanh
stressed.
   There is not so-called "political prisoners" and "religious
prisoners" in Veitnam, but there are people breaking the law and
being tried according to the law provisions, she added.
   Vietnam's political system and government are chosen by the
Vietnamese people, showing the aspirations of Vietnamese people,
she stressed.
   The spokeswoman noted that while Vietnam and the United States
are making joint efforts to heal the wounds of the war and
building the cooperative relationship on the basic principle of
equality and mutual benefits, the U.S. wrongdoing will harm the
development of the Vietnamese-U.S. relationship and counter with
the interests of the peoples of the two countries.   Enditem