By KTT & Vu Quoc Ngu | Aug 11, 2015
Vietnam’s communist government has issued a decree on imposing a range of fines on violations in the press with an aim to tighten control over reporting, posting, broadcasting, and announcing information.
The fields which will be under close state monitoring are statistics, nuclear power, price management, fees, invoices, education, civil aviation, vocational training, hydrometeorology, surveying and mapping, and healthcare.
The fines vary from VND200,000 ($9,2) to VND100 million for violations in quoting no sources and spreading news that may harms the national interest or great solidarity.
Observers said the communist government in Vietnam will use the new regulations to silence government critics and brave journalists, along with using controversial articles 79, 88 and 258 of the Penal Code.
In the single party-controlled country, all media outlets are under the state control and the government has somewhat left crackdowns on freedom of expression on social networks.
Over the past years, many famous bloggers who advocate democracy and human rights have been put behind bars. Vietnam ranks 5th among the worst jailers of journalists in 2014 with 16 reporters sent to prison as the Committee to Protect Journalists said.
Vietnam is ranked 175th out of 180 countries in the 2015 Reporters Without Borders press freedom index.
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August 12, 2015
Vietnam Issues Decree on Imposing Heavy Fines on Press Violations
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Observers said the communist government in Vietnam will use the new regulations to silent government critics and brave journalists, along with using controversial articles 79, 88 and 258 of the Penal Code.
In the single party-controlled country, all media outlets are under the state control and the government has somewhat left crackdowns on freedom of expression on social networks.
By KTT & Vu Quoc Ngu | Aug 11, 2015
Vietnam’s communist government has issued a decree on imposing a range of fines on violations in the press with an aim to tighten control over reporting, posting, broadcasting, and announcing information.
The fields which will be under close state monitoring are statistics, nuclear power, price management, fees, invoices, education, civil aviation, vocational training, hydrometeorology, surveying and mapping, and healthcare.
The fines vary from VND200,000 ($9,2) to VND100 million for violations in quoting no sources and spreading news that may harms the national interest or great solidarity.
Observers said the communist government in Vietnam will use the new regulations to silence government critics and brave journalists, along with using controversial articles 79, 88 and 258 of the Penal Code.
In the single party-controlled country, all media outlets are under the state control and the government has somewhat left crackdowns on freedom of expression on social networks.
Over the past years, many famous bloggers who advocate democracy and human rights have been put behind bars. Vietnam ranks 5th among the worst jailers of journalists in 2014 with 16 reporters sent to prison as the Committee to Protect Journalists said.
Vietnam is ranked 175th out of 180 countries in the 2015 Reporters Without Borders press freedom index.