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Vietnam jails leading climate activist Hoang Thi Minh Hong for tax evasion

Hong’s three-year sentence is the latest in a string of convictions for environmental campaigners in the country

A leading Vietnamese climate activist has been jailed for tax evasion, the latest environmentalist put behind bars by the country’s communist government.

A court in Ho Chi Minh City sentenced Hoang Thi Minh Hong to three years in prison for dodging $275,000 in taxes related to her environmental campaign group Change, her lawyer, Nguyen Van Tu, said.

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