; and (2) strategically employ sanctions and other tools under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ( 22 U.S.C. 6401 et seq. ). (c) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) Vietnam should be designated as a country of particular concern for religious freedom under section 402(b) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ( 22 U.S.C. 6442(b) ) because there are a significant number of individuals imprisoned for their religious activity or advocacy for religious freedom and for systematic, egregious, and ongoing violations of religious freedom; (2) the President, in making the annual designations under section 402(b) of such Act, should take into account the annual report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom under section 203 of such Act and the Commission’s assessment that the designation of Vietnam as a country of particular concern for religious freedom from 2004 to 2006 led to tangible improvements in religious freedom conditions while trade and security cooperation increased; and (3) because the Government of Vietnam tightly controls religious institutions and then persecutes those individuals who establish or operate independent religious institutions and genuinely nongovernmental organizations, the Secretary of State should— (A) use all available diplomatic, development, economic assistance, and political tools to ensure that independent religious and civil society organizations can operate freely and without restriction in Vietnam