Harris raises human rights issues during trip to Vietnam

The US vice president Kamala Harris tackled the issue of human rights in Vietnam during her trip to the country (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

US Vice President Kamala Harris has said she raised issues of human rights abuses and restrictions on political activism in her conversations with Vietnamese leaders during her trip to the country this week.

“We’re not going to shy away from difficult conversations. Difficult conversations often must be had with the people that you otherwise may have a partnership with,” she said at a news conference in Hanoi on Thursday.