””””HANOI, Oct. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Vietnamese newspapers carried commentary and
articles on Thursday, slamming the 2002 report on international religious
freedom released by the US State Department last Monday.
””””The Vietnamese Communist Party's daily Nhan Dan (People) held that the
United States has exploited the mask of religion to interfere in internal
affairs of other countries.
””””What the United States did has not deluded the public opinion but ignited
indignation of other countries, Nhan Dan stressed.
””””The rights of religious or non-religious freedom of the Vietnamese people
are guaranteed. The guarantee is not only confirmed in the country's
constitution and laws but also demonstrated in the reality of life, the daily
noted.
””””The Vietnamese People's Army (Quan Doi Nhan Dan) newspaper alsosaid that
the release of the US report is not going to improve religious freedom in
Vietnam but aims to create uncertainties in the country.
””””The report makes people more clearly see that while Vietnam-US relationship
was normalized, there are still some ill-willing political forces in the United
States, who wish to obstruct, even damage the relationship between the two
countries, the newspaper stressed. Enditem
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