This report highlights religious freedom conditions in Vietnam following a USCIRF delegation visit to the country in May 2023. While acknowledging the deepening partnership between Vietnam and the United States, as well as the incremental progress Vietnam made over the last decade on religious freedom, this report describes the country’s persistent—and apparently worsening—egregious, ongoing, and systematic violations. These violations are especially prevalent in rural and provincial levels and present the most challenges to ethnic and religious minority communities. This publication updates USCIRF’s reporting on the haphazard implementation of the 2018 Law on Belief and Religion as well as continued issues in its enforcement.

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