US, EU call on Vietnam to release arrested blogger

The United States and the European Union have called on the Vietnamese government to release a popular blogger arrested earlier this week for alleged anti-state writing.
Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, who blogs as Me Nam, was arrested this week in the south central province of Khanh Hoa for what authorities say were her Facebook and blog posts that distorted truth and instigated the public to oppose the communist government.
The ambassadors from the United States and European Union to Vietnam said in separate statements that the arrest goes against Vietnam’s international obligations and domestic laws on human rights and called for her release.