On July 21, 1993, we submitted written testimony on human rights in Vietnam to the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The testimony detailed five areas of concern: persons imprisoned for political dissent; state control of religious institutions; prison conditions; use of the death penalty; and efforts at legal reform. We concluded that despite some progress since the renovation policy was initiated in 1986, the Vietnamese government continues to restrict such fundamental rights as freedom of speech, association and religion.
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