Huy Duc worked for influential state-run newspapers before authoring a popular blog critical of country’s leaders.

The sentence for Truong Huy San, an influential reporter, was the latest crackdown on speech by Vietnam, a rising regional power.

A Vietnamese court on Thursday sentenced a leading independent journalist to 30 months in prison over Facebook posts that criticised the government, state media said. The court in Hanoi convicted the 63-year-old of "abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the state" through posting 13 articles on Facebook,

Trong Huy San, a top independent journalist and author in Vietnam, has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for

Truong Huy San, who is better known by the pen name Huy Duc, was convicted of “abusing democratic freedoms.” A Vietnamese court yesterday sentenced a prominent independent scholar and journalist to 30 months in prison over Facebook posts that criticized the government.

Facebook users worldwide, including in Vietnam, reported being unable to access the platform’s web version on Thursday morning.

HANOI: A leading independent journalist will go on trial in Vietnam on Thursday (Feb 27) over Facebook posts that allegedly criticised the government.

A Vietnam court has sentenced independent journalist Truong Huy San to 30 months in prison for posting articles on Facebook that were critical of the government.