Clinton raises human rights during Vietnam visit

Various reports:

New York Times/Bloomberg:

HANOI, Vietnam — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton chided
Vietnam on Thursday for intolerance of dissent and infringement of
Internet freedom, even as she celebrated its 15 years of normalized
relations with the United States.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during a news conference
with Pham Gia Khiem, Vietnam’s foreign minister, in Hanoi on Thursday.

Mrs. Clinton said she raised the issues of jailed democracy activists,
attacks on religious groups and curbs on social-networking Web sites
during a meeting with Vietnam’s deputy prime minister, Pham Gia Khiem...

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Washington Post:

HANOI -- The Obama administration is ready to move to the "next level"
of close relations with Vietnam despite concerns and "profound
differences" over human rights, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
Clinton said during a visit to Hanoi on Thursday...

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Voice of America:

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in Hanoi for a regional
security forum, has hailed 15 years of improving relations with
Vietnam since the war fought there 35 years ago. However, Clinton
also cited outstanding human rights concerns in the one-party state...

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Reuters:

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed concern
Thursday over Vietnam's arrests of dissidents, attacks on religious
groups and curbs on Internet freedom, but said the countries remained
friends...

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OC Weekly blog:

News services are reporting that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
pressured Vietnam's leaders to improve its human rights practices
during her trip to the Southeast Asian nation, but two Orange County
members of Congress view her actions with opposing conclusions.

Loretta Sanchez (D-Anaheim) told The Orange County Register's
Washington, D.C. bureau that she was "thrilled" by Clinton raising the
issue, but Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) complained that the secretary of
state's rebuke had been too brief and weak...

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