A Hanoi court on Wednesday sentenced a prominent Vietnamese political activist to six years in prison for conducting anti-state activities, his lawyer said, in a case that has raised international concerns over the communist country's treatment of dissidents.
Nguyen Lan Thang, 48, participated in environmental and anti-China protests, voiced support for other jailed activists, and wrote blogs about Vietnam's socio-political issues, according to his social media accounts.
The police said last year they arrested Thang on charges of "making, storing or distributing information, materials, documents to oppose the state of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam", without providing further details.
