On Feb. 16, 2011, social innovators, technologists, entrepreneurs and philanthropists gathered at the Ford Foundation to take on the greatest challenge of our time: How to create an innovative and equitable digital future. Speaking in the panel “Hacking Our Way Back to Democracy,” Viet Tan’s Duy Hoang shares his thoughts on the challenges of circumventing the firewall and how Vietnamese netizens are using digital tools to amplify voices of dissent.
No Free Press in Vietnam: Defending the Right to Inform
Viet Tan
May 3, 2026
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, Viet Tan wishes to highlight a troubling reality: there is no genuine press freedom in Vietnam. All authorized media outlets operate under the strict control of the communist regime and are subject to systematic censorship.
