; (5) the Government of Vietnam has made substantial progress toward allowing Vietnamese nationals free and open access to United States refugee programs; (6) the Government of Vietnam has made substantial progress toward respecting the human rights of members of all ethnic and minority groups; and (7) neither any official of the Government of Vietnam nor any agency or entity wholly or partly owned by the Government of Vietnam was complicit in a severe form of trafficking in persons, or the Government of Vietnam took all appropriate steps to end any such complicity and hold such official, agency, or entity fully accountable for such conduct. (b) Application The restriction described in subsection (a) shall not apply to assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the following purposes: (1) Disaster relief assistance, including any assistance under chapter 9 of part I of such Act. (2) Assistance which involves the provision of food (including monetization of food) or medicine. (3) Assistance for environmental remediation of dioxin-contaminated sites and related health activities. (4) Assistance to combat severe forms of trafficking in persons (as such term is defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102 )). (5) Assistance to combat pandemic diseases. (6) Assistance for refugees. (7) Assistance to combat HIV/AIDS, including any assistance under section 104A of such Act.