Hanoi, July 21 -- He pledged that Viet Nam would advance key priorities, including addressing human rights in the context of climate change and digital transformation, promoting gender equality, and protecting vulnerable groups.

Dang, who also heads the Vietnamese delegation to the ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM), made the remarks during the interface meeting between ASEAN foreign ministers and representatives of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) in Manila, the Philippines, on July 20. The meeting took place within the framework of the 59th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM-59) and related meetings, held from July 20-24.

He emphasized that Viet Nam highly values AICHR's role in advancing regional h...