By KTT, November 22, 2016
Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) and Ministry of Public Security (MPS) have issued the levels of punishment for incorrect reporting by 50 local ‘press agencies’/news outlets on the fish sauce survey conducted by the Vietnam Standards and Consumers Association (VINASTAS).
The two ministries detailed the number of articles, posts on social media, shares, likes, and comments between October 12 and October 23 (Thanh Nien newspaper published an article citing a Vinastas survey on October 12; Vinastas officially released its survey on October 17).
The result showed that 50 local press agencies published nearly 560 articles about the case, of which 170 articles recited the incorrect survey and 390 articles corrected the earlier information by citing the Ministry of Health and competent authorities.
According to the punishment reached by the MIC and MPS, the Thanh Nien newspaper was fined VND200 million ($9,389), the highest fine stipulated in Decree 159 for serious administrative violation in journalism, while individual leaders and reporters will be disciplined according to the Press Law.
The decision outlines two other groups: (i) 8 news outlets that reported on the case extensively, posted the wrong information, took the articles offline but failed to make timely corrections are fined between VND40 million and VND50 million each, and (ii) 41 news outlets that posted only one result from either Thanh Nien newspaper or Vinastas source but failed to make correction and apologize are fined between VND10 million and VND15 million.
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November 22, 2016
Vietnam Fines 50 News Outlets for Incorrect Reporting on Fish Sauce
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
By KTT, November 22, 2016
Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) and Ministry of Public Security (MPS) have issued the levels of punishment for incorrect reporting by 50 local ‘press agencies’/news outlets on the fish sauce survey conducted by the Vietnam Standards and Consumers Association (VINASTAS).
The two ministries detailed the number of articles, posts on social media, shares, likes, and comments between October 12 and October 23 (Thanh Nien newspaper published an article citing a Vinastas survey on October 12; Vinastas officially released its survey on October 17).
The result showed that 50 local press agencies published nearly 560 articles about the case, of which 170 articles recited the incorrect survey and 390 articles corrected the earlier information by citing the Ministry of Health and competent authorities.
According to the punishment reached by the MIC and MPS, the Thanh Nien newspaper was fined VND200 million ($9,389), the highest fine stipulated in Decree 159 for serious administrative violation in journalism, while individual leaders and reporters will be disciplined according to the Press Law.
The decision outlines two other groups: (i) 8 news outlets that reported on the case extensively, posted the wrong information, took the articles offline but failed to make timely corrections are fined between VND40 million and VND50 million each, and (ii) 41 news outlets that posted only one result from either Thanh Nien newspaper or Vinastas source but failed to make correction and apologize are fined between VND10 million and VND15 million.