# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2013-vietnam-decree-72-restricts-blogs)
- Source: Attacks on the Press: Vietnam analysis. https://cpj.org/2014/02/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.

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/555. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.