WASHINGTON- Commissioner Leonard A. Leo will testify before the Congressional Caucus on Vietnam regarding restrictions on the freedom of religion in Vietnam that prompted the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom to recommend that Vietnam be re-designated a "country of particular concern," or CPC, in its 2008 Annual Report.    

The hearing, "Human Rights Conditions in Vietnam and Suggestions for U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue," will be chaired by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Vietnam, and will be attended by Reps. Tom Davis (R-VA), Ed Royce (R-CA), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), and Chris Smith (R-NJ).  

Other confirmed witnesses include Do Hoang Diem, Chairman, Viet Tan, Dr. Binh Nguyen Co-Chair, Non-Violent Movement for Democracy in Vietnam, and Tammy Tran, President, Vietnamese Alliance to Combat Trafficking (VietACT). The hearing will take place in Rayburn House Office Building, Room B318, on Wednesday, May 14, at 4-5:30 p.m.