Hanoi, March 19 -- Vietnam reaffirms its consistent policy of respecting and safeguarding human rights, including the right to freedom of belief and religion, as clearly enshrined in the 2013 Constitution, embedded in its legal system, and upheld in practice, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said on March 19. Hang made the remarks in response to reporters' questions regarding the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)'s recommendation to designate Vietnam as a "country of particular concern" on religious freedom in its latest 2026 annual report. Vietnam firmly rejects assessments in the USCIRF report as they are unobjective, inaccurate and based on information with ill intent targeting Vietn...