Nguyễn Quang Lập is a Vietnamese writer,[1] playwright, and screenwriter.
[2] Out of Vietnam's 34 imprisoned bloggers counted by Reporters Without Borders, he is the only mainstream author, often featured by Vietnam's official media.
He graduated from the University of Hanoi as a radio engineer.
After leaving the army he worked at Kim Dong Publishing House and for the Saigon Tiep Thi newspaper.
He was arrested on December 6, 2014 under article 258 of the Vietnamese Penal Code,[4] which allows for prison terms of up to 3 years for "abus[ing] the rights to freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of belief, religion, assembly, association, and other democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State."