Police of Hanoi on January 23 reported that they have detained and launched legal proceedings against Dau Thi Tam, a 45-year-old resident of the city’s Hoang Mai district for allegedly abusing democratic freedoms to harm the interests of the State under Article 331 of the Criminal Code.

The People's Court of Ha Tinh province handed down a 6-year prison sentence and two years' probation to a local man for making, storing, disseminating or propagating information, documents or materials aimed at opposing the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, at a first-instance trial on August 26.

VOV.VN - The Security Investigation Agency of the An Giang Provincial Police has prosecuted and detained Tran Van Khanh, a 62-year-old resident of Ca Mau province, for disseminating information and distributing documents against the Party and State.

The Hanoi police on January 19 announced a decision to launch criminal proceedings against and arrest a man in the capital city on the charge of making, storing, distributing, or disseminating information, documents and items against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam under Article 117 of the 2015 Penal Code.

The High-level People's Court in Hanoi upheld the sentence handed down at the first-instance trial to an anti-state propagandist during an appeal trial on July 13.

A man residing in Mo Lao ward, Hanoi’s Ha Dong district has been sentenced to six years in prison for “making, storing, distributing, or disseminating information, documents, and items against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.”

VOV.VN - Facebooker Tran Van Bang of Ho Chi Minh City has been sentenced to eight years in prison for anti-State activities.

Police in the central city of Da Nang have detained and launched legal proceeding against Bui Tuan Lam for the charge of “making, storing, spreading information, materials, items for the purpose of opposing the State of Socialist Republic of Vietnam” under Article 117 of the Criminal Code.

VOV.VN - An appeals court in Hanoi on August 25 upheld a nine-year prison sentence for anti-State instigator Pham Thi Doan Trang charged with conducting propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Hanoi’s police have taken a man into custody as they are investigating his allegations of “making, storing, distributing or disseminating information, documents and items against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam” under Article 17 of the 2015 Penal Code (revised in 2017).