much us refuse work countries guilty bad human right violations world human right watch vietnam human right record remain dire key areas one-party communist state suppress virtually form political dissent use broad array repressive measure freedom expression association assembly tightly control police routinely use torture beat extract confessions punish detainees religious minorities activists harass intimidate imprison criminal justice system lack independence operate direction government party state-run drug rehabilitation center exploit detainees force laborers make goods local market export despite pressure increase number courageous bloggers activists vocal call democracy great freedoms.a coalition 14 human right group strongly condemn feb. 2014 decision appeal court uphold 30-month prison sentence vietnamese human right lawyer blogger le quoc quan mr. quan detain since december 2012.the group believe mr. quan detention politically motivate reaction blog frequently expose human right violations vietnamese government mr. quan victim coordinate government crackdown bloggers citizen journalists pro-democracy activists.meanwhile president barack obama meet tuesday vietnamese communist party leader nguy ph tr ng hop strengthen tie two nations president also welcome opportunity discuss issue include trans-pacific partnership human right bilateral defense cooperation white house say statement.the meet come nearly four decades vietnam war since time two countries make efforts improve diplomatic relations past two years obama meet vietnam president tr ng sing prime minister nguy ng like relations two countries world vietnam u.s. differences number issue perception democracy human right trade tr ng write accord npr resolve differences believe effective way would open constructive dialogues via daily caller obama cozies another communist leader discuss human rights… tpp