A Vietnamese court on Thursday upheld a nine-year prison term for a journalist and prominent dissident convicted of anti-state activities, her lawyers and state media said.
The Hanoi People's High Court rejected the appeals by Pham Doan Trang, 44, to a December ruling at a tightly-controlled trial in the capital city.
Pham Doan Trang, who widely published material on human rights and alleged police brutality in Vietnam, was convicted of "conducting propaganda against the state".
