IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3096 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To promote freedom and democracy in Vietnam. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Purpose. 
TITLE I—PROHIBITION ON NONHUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO 
THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM 
Sec. 101. Bilateral nonhumanitarian assistance. 
TITLE II—ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT DEMOCRACY IN VIETNAM 
Sec. 201. Assistance. 
TITLE III—UNITED STATES PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 
Sec. 301. Radio Free Asia transmissions to Vietnam. 
Sec. 302. United States educational and cultural exchange programs with Viet-
nam. 
TITLE IV—UNITED STATES REFUGEE POLICY 
Sec. 401. Refugee resettlment for nationals of Vietnam. 
TITLE V—ANNUAL REPORT ON PROGRESS TOWARD FREEDOM 
AND DEMOCRACY IN VIETNAM 
Sec. 501. Annual report. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The relationship between the United States 
and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has grown 
substantially over the past 12 years, with annual 
trade between the 2 countries reaching over 
$9,000,000,000 per year. 
(2) The Government of Vietnam’s transition to-
ward greater economic freedom and trade has not 
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been matched by greater political freedom and sub-
stantial improvements in human rights for many Vi-
etnamese. 
(3) The United States Congress agreed to Viet-
nam becoming an official member of the World 
Trade Organization (WTO) in 2006, amidst assur-
ances that the Vietnamese Government was steadily 
improving its human rights record and would con-
tinue to do so. 
(4) Vietnam remains a one-party state, ruled 
and controlled by the Communist Party of Vietnam 
(CPV), which continues to deny the right of citizens 
to change their government. 
(5) Although in recent years the National As-
sembly of Vietnam has played an increasingly active 
role as a forum for highlighting local concerns, cor-
ruption, and inefficiency, the National Assembly re-
mains subject to the direction of the CPV and the 
CPV maintains control over the selection of can-
didates in national and local elections. 
(6) The Government of Vietnam forbids public 
challenge to the legitimacy of the one-party state, re-
stricts freedoms of opinion, the press, and associa-
tion and tightly limits access to the Internet and 
telecommunication. 
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(7) Since Vietnam’s accession to the WTO on 
January 11, 2007, the Vietnamese Government arbi-
trarily arrested and imprisoned several individuals 
for their peaceful advocacy of democracy, including 
Father Nguyen Van Ly and human rights lawyers 
Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan. 
(8) The Government of Vietnam continues to 
detain, imprison, place under house arrest, convict, 
or otherwise restrict persons for the peaceful expres-
sion of dissenting political or religious views, includ-
ing Bui Kim Thanh, Hang Tan Phat, Truong Quoc 
Huy, Vu Hoang Hai, Nguyen Ngoc Quang, Pham 
Ba Hai, Dr. Le Nguyen Sang, Huynh Nguyen Dao, 
Nguyen Bac Truyen, Tran Quoc Hien, Nguyen Tan 
Hoanh, Tran Thi Le Hang, Doan Huu Chuong, 
Doan Van Dien, Le Ba Triet, Nguyen Tuan, Tran 
Thi Thuy Trang, Nguyen Phong, Nguyen Binh 
Thanh, Hoang Thi Anh Dao, Le Thi Le Hang, Tran 
Khai Thanh Thuy, Ho Thi Bich Khuong, Hong 
Trung, Danh Tol, Kim Muot, Thach Thuong, Ly 
Suong, Ly Hoang, Nguyen Van Tho, Le Van Soc, 
Nguyen Van Thuy, Duong Thi Tron, Truong Minh 
Duc, and Dr. Pham Hong Son, among others. 
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(9)(A) The Government of Vietnam continues 
to limit freedom of religion and restrict the oper-
ation of religious organizations. 
(B) Despite reported progress in church open-
ings and legal registrations of religious venues, the 
Government of Vietnam has halted most positive ac-
tions since the Department of State lifted the ‘‘coun-
try of particular concern’’ (CPC) designation for 
Vietnam in November 2006. 
(C) Unregistered ethnic minority Protestant 
congregations suffer severe abuses because of actions 
by the Government of Vietnam, which have included 
forced renunciations of faith, the arrest and harass-
ment of pastors, the withholding of social programs 
provided for the general population, confiscation and 
destruction of property, and subjection to severe 
beatings. 
(D) The Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam 
(UBCV) suffers persecutions as the Government of 
Vietnam continues to restrict contacts and move-
ment of senior UBCV clergy, including the Most 
Venerable Thich Huyen Quang, and the Most Vener-
able Thich Quang Do for refusing to join the state- 
sponsored Buddhist organizations, and the Govern-
ment also continues to place leaders under ‘‘pagoda’’ 
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