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Country Profile: Vietnam
Background
Now a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is attempting simultaneously to promote the development of information communications technology (ICT) and e-commerce while struggling to limit access to content that might destabilize the communist state and...
ONI Blog: Is Vietnam Blocking Facebook?
According to an AP report, access to Facebook in Vietnam has been intermittent over the past week, with many users fearing a government block.
Facebook has over 1 million users in Vietnam, a considerable amount in a country with 22 million...
New research from the OpenNet Initiative reveals accelerating restrictions on Internet content as Asian governments shift to next generation controls. These new techniques go beyond blocking access to websites and are more informal and fluid, implemented at edges of the network, and...
- Posted on 16/Jun/2009; tagged in Asia, Bangladesh, Burma, China, Conflict and security filtering, India, Indonesia, Internet tools filtering, IP blocking, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Non-filtering content restrictions, North Korea, ONI, Political filtering, Publications, Singapore, Social filtering, South Korea, Surveillance, Thailand, Vietnam, Voluntary filtering -
According to AFP news reports, Vietnam’s government wants to enlist Google and Yahoo! to help “regulate” the country’s blogging scene in an effort to stop “incorrect information” from being published online.
Recent years have witnessed an explosion of activity in...
- Posted on 04/Dec/2008; tagged in Arrests and legal action, Asia, Filtering tech and software, ONI, Political filtering, Vietnam -
Matt Steinglass of The Boston Globe sees blogs and Internet chats as facilitating the political activities of dissidents in Vietnam and fueling the push for democracy. See full story.
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"A new report released [Oct. 22, 2006] by Amnesty International reveals a climate of fear in Viet Nam, with people afraid to post information online and Internet café owners forced to inform on their customers." See AI press release and...
ONI Blog: Internet Filtering in Vietnam
ONI has released today a report that finds an increase in Internet censorship in Vietnam.
Drawing from technical, legal, and political sources, ONI’s research finds that the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is focusing its filtering on sites considered threatening to its...
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Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary
2. Political, Technical, and Legal Context in Vietnam
A. Sensitive / Controversial Topics for Media Coverage
B. Internet Infrastructure and Access
C. Legal Background
3. Testing Methodology
A. Methods
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ONI Blog: Vietnam Strikes Back
Vietnam has lashed out at Reporters Without Borders after RSF listed Vietnam as one of the 15 enemies of the Internet. Vietnam blocks access to many web sites and has imprisoned those who use the Internet to speak out...
