Vietnam confirms arrest of energy think tank chief

Hanoi police on Sept 15 detained Ngo Thi To Nhien, Executive Director of the Vietnam Initiative for Energy Transition (VIET), an independent think tank focused on green energy policy, Reuters reported last week citing a charity and a source.

Hanoi: Vietnam has confirmed the arrest of the director of an independent energy policy think tank, state media says, the sixth expert working on environmental issues to be taken into custody in the last two years.

A rights group reported last month that Ngo Thi To Nhien, executive director of the Hanoi-based Vietnam Initiative for Energy Transition (VIET), had been detained – although at the time there was no official confirmation.