Nguyen Van Duyet

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Birth date/Age: September 14, 1980

Activity: Blogger, social activist

Date of arrest: August 7, 2011

Sentence: Detained without trial

Charge: Attempting to overthrow the government (Article 79)

Current location: B14 Detention Center, Hanoi


Nguyen Van Duyet is the President of the Association of Catholic Workers of Vinh in Hanoi. He also attended courses in citizen journalism organized by Vietnam Redemptorist News and regularly writes for the media network, recently covering the trial of legal scholar Cu Huy Ha Vu in April 2011.

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