Tag: Nguyen Van Hai

United States welcomes release of jailed Vietnam blogger

(Reuters) – The U.S. government on Tuesday welcomed Vietnam’s decision to release jailed blogger Nguyen Van Hai, who staged a hunger strike to protest treatment of political prisoners, and said he was set to travel to the United States. Hai, better known by the pen name Dieu Cay, was set to arrive in the United States on Tuesday, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told a daily briefing. “We welcome the decision by Vietnamese authorities to […]