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<p>The UK is concerned by restrictions on freedom of expression in Vietnam. We regularly
raise these issues in international fora and in bilateral contacts with the Government
of Vietnam. We are concerned by prison conditions, which are affecting many inmates,
including prisoners of conscience.</p><p>We raised concerns about freedom of expression
and assembly, the treatment of prisoners, and the protection of civil society, during
Vietnam's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January 2019. We also expressed our concern
about restrictions on freedoms of expression and assembly in Vietnam in a UN Human
Rights Council Item 2 Statement in September 2020. In January, the British Embassy
in Hanoi met the Inter-faith Council of Vietnam to understand the restrictions religious
groups in Vietnam have faced. Also in January, the former Minister for Asia and the
Pacific raised the UK's concerns about human rights with the Vietnamese Vice Foreign
Minister during her visit to Vietnam.</p><p>We also raise individual cases of concern,
including members of the Hoa Hao Buddhist movement who have faced repression. We have
raised and will continue to raise our concerns in relation to Vietnam's UPR implementation
plan.</p>
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