; (B) are critical to the advancement of both United States economic interests and internationally recognized human rights globally; and (C) are severely hindered by Vietnam’s Cybersecurity Law which would allow the Vietnamese Government to access private data, spy on users, require United States businesses to turn over personally identifiable information or block content of users, including outside of Vietnam, and further restrict already limited online speech. (2) Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States to— (A) pursue an open and free internet in Vietnam; (B) engage all appropriate instruments of United States influence to promote the free flow of news and information in Vietnam, without interference or discrimination through the internet and other electronic media; and (C) assist United States businesses in Vietnam which are required to store data locally and disclose user data or block user content at the request of government authorities in resisting such mandates. (c) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the United States should pursue trade policies with Vietnam that expand the information economy in Vietnam by— (A) ensuring the free flow of information and across the global network; (B) promoting stronger international transparency rules; and (C) ensuring fair and equal treatment of online services regardless of country of origin; (2) that Department of State, together with the Department of Commerce, should assist United States internet companies to fulfill their stated missions to promote openness and connectivity by pushing back against the Vietnamese Government’s requests to remove political speech or the content of citizen journalists, especially when content is removed from the accounts of users in the United States