https://www.scmp.com/rss/519553/feed Nguyen Thanh Giang is a Visiting Senior Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, and a former news editor at BBC World Service Languages in London, United Kingdom. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Until recently, Vietnam’s media control consisted of three tactics: blocking and removing “inappropriate content” critical of the government; monitoring social media; and the systematic prosecution of online dissenters, which has intensified in recent months. However, control alone has proved unable to win over the public. During the Covid-19 pandemic, several “media crises with serious social consequences” occurred, such as a mass exodus of migrant workers from Ho Chi Minh City in September... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3274811/vietnam-retools-its-propaganda-strategy-social-media-age?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3274811/vietnam-retools-its-propaganda-strategy-social-media-age?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 18 Aug 2024 03:00:12 +0000