FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2008 file photo from video frame grab from a TV screen set up in a media room in courthouse, Vietnamese journalist Nguyen Van Hai of Tuoi Tre is seen during his trial in Hanoi,Vietnam. The State Department says a prominent Vietnamese dissident has been freed and will arrive Tuesday in the US. Spokeswoman Marie Harf welcomed the release of Nguyen Van Hai, a blogger who had been serving a 12-year prison term for conducting "propaganda against the state." (AP Photo/Vu Tien Hong, File)