1. Short title and table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Vietnam Human Rights Act . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. Sec. 2. Finding and statement of policy. Sec. 3. Actions to encourage repeal of certain laws and administrative decrees and release of political and religious prisoners in Vietnam. Sec. 4. International religious freedom. Sec. 5. Internet freedom. Sec. 6. Annual country reports on human rights practices. Sec. 7. United States assistance to support counting of women and girls in Vietnam. Sec. 8. Illegal expropriation of properties of United States citizens by the Government of Vietnam. Sec. 9. Vietnam Ethnic Minority Development Fund. Sec. 10. United States public diplomacy. Sec. 11. Sense of Congress on sales of lethal military equipment or services to the Government of Vietnam. Sec. 12. Annual reports on United States-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue meetings. 2. Finding and statement of policy (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Support for human rights, democratic institutions, and the rule of law are important tenets of United States foreign policy and critical to the securing of United States national interests. (2) A government’s treatment of its own people often indicates how it will behave toward its neighbors and whether it will uphold international or bilateral commitments. (3) Advances globally in good governance, religious freedom, an independent judiciary, a strong civil society, constraints on corruption, independent news media, and internet freedom are crucial elements in securing the peace, prosperity, and security of the American people. (4) Free nations are more prosperous, more stable, and more reliable as trade and security partners. Even when the United States has economic and security interests with governments that exhibit a pattern of gross violations of internationally-recognized human rights, these violations will inhibit the development of a productive and