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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.