Hoang Thi Hong Thai

On Jan. 7, Hanoi police arrested Hoang Thi Hong Thai, aka "Hồng Thái Hoàng", on charges of "spreading propaganda against the state". Authorities accused her of posting anti-state content on Facebook, according to Tuoi Tre, though they have not specified which of her posts are anti-state. Hong Thai was summoned by police on April 23, 2025, and placed under a travel ban for Facebook posts. In one of the last posts before her arrest, published on Jan, 6, 2026, she criticized concentrated power, saying (English translation of original Vietnamese): 'In a society where the executive branch holds overwhelmingly too much power; the police investigate, prosecute, and punish all by themselves; and ordinary people fear the police more than they fear criminals—that very structure is already a major obstacle to development, not a driving force behind it'.