According to information received by OHCHR, five women who are wives of prisoners of conscience were also expected to join the 7 March 2018 meeting with an OHCHR delegation at the UN Representative’s Office in Hanoi. However, on the day of the meeting, State security agents closely guarded Ms. Vu Minh Khanh, the wife of Mr. Nguyen Van Dai, and reportedly forbade her from leaving her house. Ms. Nguyen Thi Huyen Trang, wife of Mr. Pham van Troi, and Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh, wife of Mr. Truong Minh Duc, were reportedly stopped by security agents when trying to get to the meeting venue and escorted back to the place where they were staying. Ms. Nguyen Thi Lanh, Mr. Nguyen Trung Ton’s wife, and Ms. Bui Thi Kim Phuong, the wife of Mr. Nguyen Bac Truyen (see Annex II), arrived at the UN office, but detected a large presence of plainclothes state agents surrounding the building. Ms. Bui Thi Kim Phuong was questioned by the police at the gate. Both were eventually able to enter UN premises and escorted on their way out for safety reasons. The incidents were addressed with the authorities at the time but not publicly reported for fear of further retribution.