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Vietnam detained an energy expert a few days after US President Joe Biden visited and announced multiple joint initiatives including on protecting human rights, the 88 Project charity said on Wednesday. Hanoi police took Ngo Thi To Nhien, Executive Director of the Vietnam Initiative for Energy Transition (VIET), an independent think tank focused on green energy policy, into custody on Sept. 15, the charity said in a statement. The authorities have made no announcement about the detention and no local media has reported it. The government did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. A person familiar with…