Facebook user Nguyen Chi Vung answering questions during his trial at a court in Bac Lieu province, Vietnam. - Reuters
HANOI, (Nov 26, ANN): A court in Vietnam sentenced a Facebook user to six years in prison on Tuesday (Nov 26) for a series of posts he made on the social media platform that the South-East Asian country's government said were "anti-state".
Despite sweeping economic reform and increasing openness to social change, Vietnam's ruling Communist Party retains tight media censorship and does not tolerate criticism, and its dissent crackdown has shown signs of intensifying recently.
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