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1. News - Asia - VIETNAM

   Vietnam lifts school suspension for girl who parodied Ho Chi Minh

   Posted Jan 15th 2013, 01:22pm

   ... Chi Minh is revered in Vietnam for leading the country to independence from French rule. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1128547/vietnam-lifts-school-suspension-girl-who-parodied-ho-chi-minh
2. News - Asia - VIETNAM

   Vietnam jails bloggers for ‘anti-state propaganda’

   Posted Sep 25th 2012, 11:16am by Agence France-Presse in Ho Chi Minh City

   ... News Asia Vietnam bloggers Agence France-Presse in Ho Chi Minh City A court in southern Vietnam jailed three bloggers on Monday for “anti-state propaganda” at a brief ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1046798/vietnam-jails-bloggers-%E2%80%98anti-state-propaganda%E2%80%99
3. News - Asia - VIETNAM

   Vietnam detains dissident lawyer and blogger

   Posted Dec 28th 2012, 12:12pm by AFP

   ... News Asia Vietnam Vietnam Censorship Le Quoc Quan Dieu Cay Ho Chi Minh City Agence France-Presse in Hanoi A prominent dissident lawyer was detained on Thursday by Vietnamese police while dropping off his daughter at school, his brother said. Le Quoc Quan, who blogs on a range of sensitive topics including civil rights, political pluralism and religious freedom, was taken away ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1114243/vietnam-detains-dissident-lawyer-and-blogger
4. News - Asia - VIETNAM

   Vietnam jails official over ‘hero’ farmer eviction

   Posted Apr 10th 2013, 05:16pm by Agence France-Presse in Hanoi

   ... of between 15 and 24 months, despite Vuon’s plea for the court to give them tougher sentences. Land is a divisive issue in communist Vietnam, where it is wholly owned by the state and rights of use ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1211557/vietnam-jails-official-over-hero-farmer-eviction
5. News - Asia - VIETNAM

   US says Vietnam backsliding on human rights

   Posted Mar 22nd 2013, 01:15pm by Associated Press in Washington

   ... a congressional panel that Vietnam’s authoritarian government is rightly proud of expanding Internet use, but it has diminished the value by curbing free exchange of ideas. Baer described those national ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1197079/us-says-vietnam-backsliding-human-rights
6. News - Asia - VIETNAM

   Hanoi admits to army of 900 'internet public opinion shapers'

   Posted Jan 19th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News Asia Vietnam Internet Guider Propaganda Agence France-Presse in Hanoi ‘Public opinion shapers’ attempt to spread the Communist Party line in blogs and chat rooms After harassment ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1131184/hanoi-admits-army-900-internet-public-opinion-shapers
7. News - China

   Xiamen Economic Daily apologises for doctoring photo of Taiwan flag

   Posted Aug 17th 2012, 12:00am by LAURA ZHOU

   ... News China Censorship Laura Zhou laura.zhou@scmp.com A mainland newspaper apologised for doctoring a photograph of activists landing on the disputed Diaoyu Islands, known as the Senkakus in Japan, to omit the fact that one of them was carrying a Taiwanese flag. The altered photo published by Xiamen Economic Daily changed the Taiwanese flag held by one activist into the five-starred ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1016486/xiamen-economic-daily-apologises-doctoring-photo-taiwan-flag
8. Comment - Blogs

   New propaganda chief reappears, calls for greater internet control

   Posted Dec 07th 2012, 08:40am by John Kennedy

   ... Motley Fool --  The World's Fast-Changing Oil Map: the South China Sea   Countries now participating in skirmishes involving rights to the sea's promising waters include China, Vietnam ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1099684/new-propaganda-chief-reappears-calls-greater-internet-control
9. News - Asia

   Vietnam hands lengthy jail sentences to two patriotic, anti-Chinese activists

   Posted May 16th 2013, 10:36am by Patrick Boehler

   ... News Asia Comment Blogs Vietnam China Patrick Boehler Awkward position for Vietnam as China is biggest trading partner A Vietnamese court has sentenced two young activists to lengthy prison sentences for distributing anti-Chinese leaflets in Ho Chi Minh City. The People’s Court of Long An province in southern Vietnam sentenced Nguyen Phuong Uyen, 21, to six years in jail ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1238766/vietnam-hands-lengthy-jail-sentences-two-patriotic-anti-chinese-activists
10. Experts see Vietnam's troubles as short term

    Posted Jun 18th 2008, 12:00am by Peggy Sito

    ... with announcements from ratings agencies Standard & Poor's and Fitch that they had lowered Vietnam's credit rating on fears of financial instability as the dong was under pressure and inflation ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/641938/experts-see-vietnams-troubles-short-term

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