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AFP/AFP/File – Ho Chi Minh City’s 7th military zone stadium is seen in 2007. The mother of a prominent Vietnamese blogger has died after setting herself on fire ahead of her daughter’s trial for propaganda against the Communist state, sources close to the family said.

Vietnam Activist Dies in Self-Immolation:

Vietnam blogger’s mother ‘dies in self-immolation’

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The mother of a prominent Vietnamese blogger has died after setting herself on fire ahead of her daughter’s trial for propaganda against the Communist state, people close to the family said Monday. Ta Phong Tan, a 43-year-old Catholic former policewoman, was arrested in September 2011.

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