(1) prioritize the immediate distribution of cen-
sorship circumvention tools for computers and 
smartphones in Vietnam; and 
(2) prioritize projects to ensure the safety and 
privacy of bloggers and journalists and human rights 
defenders in Vietnam. 
(d) BRIEFING.—The Secretary of State, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Commerce and the United 
States Trade Representative, should brief the appropriate 
congressional committees on an action plan outlining ef-
forts to— 
(1) promote internet freedom and the free flow 
of news and information in Vietnam; and 
(2) promote efforts to assist United States 
internet companies to fulfill their stated missions to 
promote openness, transparency, and connectivity by 
opposing requests by the Government of Vietnam to 
remove political speech or content of journalists, es-
pecially when content is removed from the accounts 
of users in the United States. 
SEC. 6. INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The promotion and protection of the univer-
sally recognized right to the freedom of religion is a 
priority of United States foreign policy as stated in 
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section 402 of the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6442) and the Bipartisan 
Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability 
Act of 2015 (title I of Public Law 114–26; 19 
U.S.C. 4201 et seq.) which requires the Administra-
tion to take religious freedom into account when ne-
gotiating trade agreements. 
(2) In 2024, the United States Commission on 
International Religious Freedom recommended to 
the United States Government to designate Vietnam 
as a ‘‘country of particular concern’’, or CPC, for 
engaging in systematic, ongoing, and egregious viola-
tions of religious freedom, as defined by the Inter-
national Religious Freedom Act (IRFA), and to sup-
port legislative efforts to improve religious freedom 
in Vietnam, including the Vietnam Human Rights 
Act. 
(3) On December 29, 2023, in accordance with 
the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, 
the Secretary of State, for the second consecutive 
year, placed Vietnam on the Special Watch List for 
having engaged in or tolerated severe violations of 
religious freedom. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
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(1) the designation of Vietnam as a country of 
particular concern for religious freedom pursuant to 
section 402(b)(1) of the International Religious 
Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6442(b)(1)) would 
be a powerful and effective tool in highlighting 
abuses of religious freedom in Vietnam and in en-
couraging improvement in the respect for human 
rights in Vietnam; and 
(2) the Secretary of State should, in accordance 
with the recommendation of the United States Com-
mission on International Religious Freedom, des-
ignate Vietnam as a country of particular concern 
for religious freedom. 
SEC. 7. ANNUAL REPORTS ON UNITED STATES-VIETNAM 
HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE MEETINGS. 
Section 702 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 
2151n note) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(9) Ending incidents of torture, police beat-
ings, deaths in police custody, and mob or societal 
violence targeting religious groups or dissidents. 
‘‘(10) Returning properties of independent reli-
gious communities or organizations that have been 
reportedly expropriated by the Government of Viet-
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nam or by government-sanctioned religious organiza-
tions. 
‘‘(11) Addressing individual claims by United 
States citizens whose properties have been expropri-
ated by the Government of Vietnam without effec-
tive, prompt, and fair compensation. 
‘‘(12) Implementing section 4 of the Girls 
Count Act of (Public Law 114–24; 22 U.S.C. 2151 
note) and how such section has been applied in Viet-
nam. 
‘‘(13) Ensuring internet freedom and specific 
efforts to ensure the safety and privacy of Viet-
namese bloggers and journalists on the internet or 
other forms of electronic communication.’’. 
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—Except as otherwise provided, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate. 
(2) INTERNET.—The term ‘‘internet’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 231(e)(3) of the 
Communications Act of (47 U.S.C. 231(e)(3)). 
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(3) 
PERSONALLY
IDENTIFIABLE
INFORMA-
TION.—The term ‘‘personally identifiable informa-
tion’’ means data in a form that identifies a par-
ticular person. 
Æ 
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