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Hanoi People’s Court to try Nguyen Van Dai on December 31

Nguyen Van Dai is currently wanted by the Ministry of Public Security’s Security Agency for Investigation under a wanted notice dated December 5, 2025.

Nguyen Van Dai is now wanted by the Ministry of Public Security’s Security Agency for Investigation under a wanted notice issued on December 5, 2025. (Photo: VNA broadcasts)
Nguyen Van Dai is now wanted by the Ministry of Public Security’s Security Agency for Investigation under a wanted notice issued on December 5, 2025. (Photo: VNA broadcasts)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi People’s Court on December 10 announced that it will open the trial of Nguyen Van Dai for “making, storing, distributing, or spreading information or documents aimed at sabotaging the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam” on December 31.

Dai, born in 1969 in Hung Yen province and residing in Bach Mai ward of Hanoi before leaving for Germany, was prosecuted for the charge under Clause 2 of Article 117 of the Penal Code by the Supreme People's Procuracy.

He is currently wanted by the Ministry of Public Security’s Security Agency for Investigation under a wanted notice issued on December 5, 2025. The Hanoi People’s Court calls on Dai to surrender himself and be present at the hearing to exercise his right to self-defence in accordance with the law.

Previously, Dai had two prior convictions, including the appellate criminal judgment No. 1037/2007/HSPT, dated November 27, 2007, of the Supreme People’s Court in Hanoi, sentencing him to four years’ imprisonment and four years’ probation for “propagandising against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam” under Article 88 of the 1999 Penal Code (sentence fully served but criminal record not expunged).

The other is the first-instance criminal judgment No. 117/2018/HS-ST, dated April 5, 2018, of the Hanoi People’s Court, sentencing him to 15 years’ imprisonment and five years’ probation for “activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration” under Article 79 of the 1999 Penal Code. The judgment remains legally valid, but Dai was temporarily suspended from serving his prison sentence under Decision No. 207/2018/QD-CA, dated June 7, 2018, of the Hanoi People’s Court./.

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