Vietnam’s government has been carrying out its most intense crackdown on critics in decades, jailing droves of activists, lawyers and journalists and driving even more into exile, according to human rights groups and security analysts.

This heightened repression comes as the United States elevates relations with Vietnam to the highest levels since the two countries ended their war in the 1970s, with the Biden administration providing hundreds of millions of dollars in security assistance and American companies ramping up investment in Vietnam’s tech and manufacturing sectors.

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