Dissident Vietnamese Priest Recovering From Heart Attack, Still Issuing Critiques of Government
Vietnamese Catholic priest Nguyen Van Ly, a long-time critic of Vietnam’s one-party communist state, is recovering from a recent heart attack but remains in poor health at his home in Hue, according to his nephew, who lives in Florida.
Speaking to RFA’s Vietnamese Service on Monday, Ly’s nephew Nguyen Van Viet—also a Catholic priest—said that Ly suffered a heart attack on Feb. 26 in Hue, where he has lived since his 2016 release from prison in advance of a state visit to Vietnam by then U.S. President Barack Obama.
“He is recovering now, and he can eat food, but his health is not good,” the younger man said.
