The Vietnamese Government and Communist Party continue to be one of the worst abusers of human rights.
It can't be a sidebar issue. It can't be something that's in the appendix that is brought up in a cursory way.
Our policies cannot be directed at the Vietnamese elite in the Communist Party but must focus on the people of Vietnam.
If human rights issues are not explicitly linked to our economic and security interests, we risk having discussions on t...
I agree with the commission's conclusion that Vietnam should be designated immediately a Country of Particular Concern b...
We need to use our leverage to try to compel their release.
First time, shame on you. Second time, shame on me. Third time, are we being foolish? Are we naive?
I would say, for full disclosure, voted against the fast track legislation, believing that human rights have to be a cen...
Let me point out to my colleagues that when the State Department removed Vietnam from the list of Countries of Particula...
Vietnam is it. Both on the labor trafficking point of view as well as from the sex trafficking point of view.
the deceit that you speak about, and all of you might want to speak to this, we have been here before.