# Rights group accuses Vietnam of abducting Australian and Norwegian activists

https://mins.news/en/item/78237

- BBC News, 2026-09-29 05:31 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmvgy2wwvzlqo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> A pro-democracy group says Vietnam abducted two members, Australian citizen Tran Hiep and Norwegian citizen Nguyen Duc Thuan, in Cambodia and forcibly took them across the border. Vietnamese authorities confirm their detention but say they entered with forged documents, planned terrorist activities and admitted belonging to Viet Tan, which Hanoi considers a terrorist organisation. Viet Tan calls the allegation a fabrication concealing an act of transnational repression.

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