… [P]eaceful demonstrations of peasants and farmers…protesting state confiscation of lands and forced evictions were suppressed with extreme violence…Economic liberalization under the policy of renovation has seriously restricted the access of poor people and vulnerable populations to basic social services… Vietnam has attracted foreign investment by keeping wages low…and worker rights are routinely sacrificed for greater profits. Workers operating in toxic or dangerous environments are often not supplied with protective clothing, and work-related accidents and deaths are on the rise… Since 2009, the number of strikes to protest poor working conditions and bad pay have increased significantly…The right to strike is severely restricted.