Written question asked by Gregory Stafford (Conservative) on Monday, 20 October 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 22 October 2025. It was answered by Seema Malhotra (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 November 2025 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Vietnam: Human Rights

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with their Vietnamese counterparts on the use of counter-terrorism laws to target (a) Montagnard Indigenous Peoples and (b) Christian religious minorities in the country.

Answer: The UK Government continues to raise concerns with the Vietnamese authorities about the use of national security legislation to target Montagnard Indigenous Peoples and Christian religious minorities. These issues were most recently raised by the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Indo-Pacific, Catherine West MP, during meetings with Vice Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang in London on 17 March 2025 and in Hanoi on 23-24 October 2024. The UK also raised the case of Y Quynh Bdap, a Montagnard activist facing extradition from Thailand, in our statement at the UN Human Rights Council in September 2025.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 83589
Session: 2024-26
Related items: Bđăp, Y Quynh
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Subjects: Counter-terrorism Human rights Minority groups Indigenous peoples Christianity Vietnam
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