By Mongabay.com Vietnamese energy expert Ngô Thị Tố Nhiên was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison late last month, according to the International Federation for Human Rights. Vietnam’s government has not made any recent public announcement regarding Nhiên’s case or the apparent sentencing. Nhiên, executive director of the Vietnam Initiative for Energy Transition Social Enterprise (VIETSE), has been detained since September 2023, when she was arrested on charges of “appropriating internal documents” related to Vietnam Electricity, the country’s state-owned power monopoly. “Her charge of ‘appropria…