A Vietnamese blogger was detained for posting anti-state articles, as Hanoi steps up a crackdown on dissent that has been condemned by rights groups and Western governments. Writer Nguyen Quang Lap was detained after police searched his house on Saturday morning and printed several stories from his blog, said Ho Thi Hong, Lap's wife.
"The articles are written by others, and they said some are against the state," Hong said. Lap's blog could not be accessed as it requires an invitation. The case follows a sharp increase in arrests and prison terms for government critics in the past few years that has alarmed the United States.