Vietnam acknowledges arrest of prominent journalist

Vietnamese authorities say they have arrested journalist and historian Truong Huy San, known by his pen name Huy Duc. According to government reports, the journalist was charged with a Facebook post being in violation of national security laws. That’s against a backdrop of diminishing freedom for the press in Vietnam. The World’s host Marco Werman gets the story and its implications.

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