HANOI, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Michael Nguyen, a US citizen sentenced last year to 12 years in a Vietnamese jail for "attempting to overthrow the state", has been released and returned to his home in California, a family spokesman told Reuters on Monday.
Nguyen, who was born in Vietnam in 1964 and has lived in the United States since he was a child, was detained in July 2018 on suspicion of engaging in anti-government activities, including the alleged incitement of protesters to attack government offices, state media reported at the time.