HANOI: A prominent Vietnamese blogger has been arrested for anti-state activity, reports said Friday, the second online government critic detained in less than a month in an intensifying crackdown on dissent.

Pham Viet Dao, 61, was taken into custody on Thursday in Hanoi accused of "abusing democratic freedoms to infringe on the interests of the State", state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper said.

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