VIETNMAM OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, MARCH 23, 2016 FILE PHOTO
FILE - In this March 23, 2016 file photo, Vietnam's prominent blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh, left, and his assistant Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy stand together during a trial in Hanoi, Vietnam. A court in Hanoi began hearing an appeal Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, from a prominent Vietnamese blogger who was sentenced earlier this year to five years in prison for anti-state writings. (Bui Doan Tan/Vietnam News Agency via AP, File)