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On March 19, Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the latest annual report from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) as “unobjective, inaccurate and based on information with ill intent.”
The response followed a well-established pattern – USCIRF has recommended that Vietnam be designated a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) every year since 2001, and Hanoi has pushed back each time.
USCIRF’s concerns are substantive and well-documented. Vietnam operates a system in which religious organizations must register with the state and…
