UPDATE: At 12:45 p.m. on December 31, 2021, Vietnam sentenced Le Trong Hung to five years in prison plus five years on probation. His wife, Do Le Na, was not granted access to the courthouse.

December 31, 2021 – Vietnam is trying Le Trong Hung, a citizen journalist, under Article 117 of the 2015 Penal Code for propagandizing against the state today. Hung intended to run for the National Assembly earlier this year, but the government arrested him in March 2021, two months ahead of the general election.