Hanoi: Vietnamese courts have handed down harsh prison
sentences to two dozen people after finding them guilty of terrorism and
subversion including a case linked to an exiled group.
A court in Ho Chi Minh City convicted 14 people for a petrol bomb attack
at the city’s international airport in April and sentenced them to
between five and 16 years in prison on Thursday.

The bomb caused a scare but no casualties. It was linked to an exiled group of the defeated South Vietnamese republic.
A court in south-central province of Binh Dinh sentenced nine people to
between three to 14 years for attempted subversion and spreading
propaganda against the communist state.
Both cases were reported by state-run Thanh Nien newspaper. Court officials were unavailable for comment on Friday.
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