The Ministry of Public Security announced on December 16 that Nguyen Van Dai had been arrested for conducting propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Nguyen Van Dai
Dai was arrested and his apartment was searched in Hanoi's Bach Khoa Ward on December 15. The Supreme People's Court also gave its approval to the search and prosecution.
Nguyen Van Dai was born in 1969 in Hung Yen Province. He graduated from Hanoi Law University in 1995 and opened an office for translation and legal consultancy in 2003. He was also the head of Thien An Law Office.
In 2007, Nguyen Van Dai and his colleague, Le Thi Cong Nhan, were accused of possessing and distributing anti-government documents.
Dai and Nhan were given five and four years of imprisonment respectively by Hanoi People's Court. Their sentences were reduced by one year by the Supreme People's Court after the appeal.
However, according to the authorities, Dai continued conducting anti-state actions after being released.
The case is still under investigation.