Vietnamese Communist P. M. Nguyen Tien Dung Will Be In New York To Attend UN's 62th Annual Meeting And To Meet Other Government Leaders.
Courtesy of BBC

New York. 9/24/09. Vietnamese Communist prime minister Nguyen Tien Dung is leading a Vietnamese Communist delegation to attend United Nation's 62th annual meeting. The Prime Minister could be invited to speak at the UN and would talk to other foreign leaders during his Sept 27, 2007 visit. The United Nation's 62th annual meeting is special to Vietnam because there will be an election to accept Vietnam as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the years of 2008-2009. The election will be voted on Oct 16, 2007, the 30th anniversary of Vietnam being a member of the United Nation.

High Opportunity.
Professor Stein Tonnesson, an authority on Vietnam affairs, spoke to the BBC from Oslo, Norway, indicated that there's a high probability that Vietnam is likely to get the needed votes to be a member of the non-permanent Security Council in the next term. "Being a member [of the Security Council] Vietnam will have to raise their standard to the international level. [and] With the pressure from the World, Vietnam will develop further in other areas, a standard legal system on Human Rights, for example. That will benefit the Vietnamese people," Mr. Tonnesson was quoted as saying. It will be a big challenge for the Vietnamese communist party, because being a member of UN Security Council, Vietnam will have to prove their power to pass through crisis, and they must show clearly sentiment with all difficulties.

Human Rights.
According to the Human Rights monitors, Mr. Dung needs to prepare for comments about Human Rights in Vietnam. US House of Representatives have just passed a pending resolution condemning the violations of human rights in Vietnam with a high majority (414/3). The condemnation came four days after the US State Department issued statement about religious freedom in Vietnam.

Chris Smith, a Republican Congressman prepared a 2007 bill about future humanitarian aid package ( HR3096) which is subjected to the improvement of Human Rights in Vietnam. With this bill, America will not increase humanitarian aid to Vietnam if the government does not raise the standard of Human Rights. Humanitarian aid from the US to Vietnam is in the amount of 8-12 millions a year. Supporters of the HR 3096 believe the bill is a reaction to human rights, religious and political violations occur in Vietnam. Chris Smith, the congressman from New Jersey, stated that "human rights in Vietnam has turned to worst in the last few months, since Hanoi has waged a cruel suppression campaign".

After visitting the US, the minister and his wife will visit France from Sept 30 to Oct 3, 2007. Before arriving to the US, Mr. Dung was scheduled to visit Japan, India, Asean, Russia, Poland and Republic of Czech.