The defendants are accused of attempting to overthrow the government by recruiting members for a U.S.-based exile group called the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam and by engaging in anti-state activities, the official Vietnam News Agency said. The official Vietnam News Agency says James Nguyen and Angle Phan, alleged members of the California-based Provisional Central Government of Vietnam, were convicted on Wednesday of assigning group members to distribute anti-state leaflets, take over radio stations to broadcast anti-government messages and participate in anti-state protests. James Nguyen and Angel Phan were convicted, along with 10 accomplices who received short jail terms, after a two day trial. Phan and Nguyen had been accused of organising at least three attacks, including the attempted bombing of Vietnam’s largest international airport in Ho Chi Minh City last April, and the successful bombing of a police station in June this year. Vietnamese court sentences 2 US citizens to 14 years in jail

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A court in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City has sentenced two Americans of Vietnamese descent to 14 years in jail after finding them guilty of attempting to overthrow the government, state media reported. Some Western governments and international human rights groups have criticized Vietnam for jailing people for peacefully expressing their views.
A court in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City begins the trial of twelve people, including two Vietnam-born Americans, on charges of attempting to overthrow the government.