Vietnam spares Briton from firing squad

• Story Highlights
• Briton Le Manh Luong was sentenced to death after a drug trafficking conviction
  
• Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet commuted his sentence to life in prison
  
• Decision followed a petition by the British Embassy
  
• In 2006, Luong and three others were convicted of trafficking 339 kilograms of heroin
  
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