Question follow-through · 83589

Vietnam: Human Rights

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) Chr

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
22 Oct 2025
Answer
11 Nov 2025 · 22 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    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) Chr

  2. 22 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    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 P...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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