John Sifton: “I think it is important that the U.S. Government and incoming administration take this seriously not just from a human…”

A lot of this will be made better if you start reforming and if you show progress on human rights and accountability.

The message needs to be clear back to their government that it is not a slam dunk.

I appreciate the subcommittee's interest in the human rights situation in Vietnam and welcome the efforts today to address it.

the relationship, which has improved as just a basic matter of fact over the last few years, will not continue to improve unless Vietnam's Government undertakes serious reforms to address the human rights problems.