On June 30, 2021, the police announced the capture of blogger and independent Vietnamese journalist Le Van Dung, aka Le Dung Vova, for reporting on corruption, land disputes, and other issues deemed politically sensitive. Dung Vova is a well-known activist who has been reporting extensively on human rights and other societal issues in Vietnam for years. According to local news, he was also involved in protests following the environmental disaster provoked by Formosa Plastics. Dung had been evading police for almost a month after they failed to arrest him at his Hanoi home in early June. Authorities have charged him with “anti-state propaganda” and have begun the process of pre-trial detention for Dung, which means he will be held incommunicado and won’t have access to a lawyer for at least four months until the police finish their investigation.