Trần Huỳnh Duy Thức (born 29 November 1966) is a Vietnamese engineer, entrepreneur and human rights activist.
[11] He began blogging under the pen name of Tran Dong Chan after he received no response to letters he had written to senior government officials.
[15] In 2010 he was tried in day-long trial alongside fellow dissidents Lê Công Định, Nguyễn Tiến Trung and Le Thang Long.
[23] His imprisonment was condemned by British Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis and American ambassador Michael W.
[24][25] The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights concluded his detention was arbitrary and requested the Vietnamese government to release him and provide compensation.
[28][29] On September 20, 2024, Trần Huỳnh Duy Thức's family was informed by local police that he had been released.