Vietnam silent after Germany accuses Hanoi of kidnapping

Vietnam's government and state media were silent on Thursday, a day after Germany accused Hanoi of kidnapping a former Vietnamese oil executive seeking asylum in Berlin in what Germany said was an "unprecedented" breach of its laws.Berlin ordered a Vietnamese intelligence officer to leave Germany within 48 hours in response, and demanded that Trinh Xuan Thanh, a former executive at state oil company PetroVietnam, be allowed to return.Germany's foreign ministry said it was considering further act