Vietnam’s Arrest of a ‘Modern Legend’
Longtime dissident tracked down in advance of party congress
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To the many Vietnamese who don't subscribe unthinkingly to the version of truth uttered incessantly by their nation's state-supervised media, Pham Doan Trang, who was arrested in Ho Chi Minh City on October 7 and accused of carrying out anti-state activities, is a modern legend.
She is a will of the wisp, a slight, soft-spoken woman with a guitar and a …
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