The War On News

A record of government actions against journalism and fact-based reporting, from the first press laws to today

Claim

Claim 555

The government's own denial of the decree's effect.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement
The government's own denial of the decree's effect.
Field
stated_justification
Value
Ministry official denies it is a ban
About
incident 2013-vietnam-decree-72-restricts-blogs
Source
Attacks on the Press: Vietnam analysis
Publisher
Committee to Protect Journalists
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current
Source date
2014-02-12

Quotation from the source

We never ban people from sharing information or linking news from websites.