HANOI: Vietnam has released two political activists, the latest high-profile dissidents to be freed as the communist nation comes under increasing international pressure over its human rights record.
Blogger Nguyen Tien Trung said that he and Vi Duc Hoi, a Communist Party official turned democracy campaigner, had been freed on Saturday.
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