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Vietnam restricts internet blogs

December 24, 2008 Hanoi – The Vietnamese government on Tuesday announced regulations to tighten state control of internet blogs, a senior government official said Wednesday.

Bloggers the new rebels in Vietnam

December 13, 2008 With fast, free wireless Internet now available at cybercafes and universities across Vietnam, bloggers are increasingly challenging censorship and the ruling Communist

Vietnam To Police Blogs With Random Checks

December 10, 2008 BANGKOK—Vietnamese authorities plan to police the content of dissident blogs through random checks and self-policing by the country’s blogging community, a senior

Letter to Vietnamese PM on Human Rights Day

December 10, 2008 His Excellency Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung c/o Embassy of Vietnam 1233 20th Street, NW #400 Washington, DC 20036 Dear Prime Minister

Vietnam halts election project

November 15, 2008 HANOI – COMMUNIST Vietnam’s legislature on Saturday put the brakes on a trial plan to allow direct local elections next year, in

The Church in Vietnam Isn’t Afraid

October 28, 2008 Because it sees the Catholic Church as a place of the freedom desired by all, the Regime in Vietnam is oppressing it.

Democracy in Vietnam Takes Step Back

17 November 2008 Vietnamese watched the U.S. elections on November 4 with fascination and enthusiasm. But their attitudes toward introducing more democracy in Vietnam are

A ticking time bomb in Vietnam

November 13, 2008 FLOOD control in Vietnam needs urgent attention. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG Last week, the party secretary of Hanoi city, Mr Pham Quang Nghi, apologised