BBC 'deeply concerned' about journalist unable to leave Vietnam

The journalist has been in Vietnam for several months while authorities have withheld their renewed passport.

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The Vietnamese national travelled to the country to visit family and renew their passport, but the document and their ID card have been withheld and they have been subjected to "multiple days of questioning", the corporation said in a statement.

The BBC is urging Vietnamese authorities to allow the journalist to leave immediately and return to work by providing the renewed passport.

It comes as general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, To Lam, arrived in the UK on Tuesday, for a visit during which he is expected to meet Sir Keir Starmer.

A Foreign Office spokesperson said the UK's "position and track record defending media freedom is clear".