Vietnam detains energy thinktank chief in latest arrest of environmental expert

Ngo Thi To Nhien detained over charges of appropriating documents', a government spokesperson confirmed

Vietnam state media has confirmed the arrest of the director of an independent energy policy thinktank - the sixth expert working on environmental issues to be taken into custody in the past two years.

A rights group reported last month that Ngo Thi To Nhien, executive director of the Hanoi-based Vietnam Initiative for Energy Transition (Viet), had been detained, although at the time there was no official confirmation.