# Claim 693

The core restriction imposed by the decree.

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

- Statement: The core restriction imposed by the decree.
- Field: action
- Value: Bars linking to or reposting news and foreign government sites
- 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

> broadly prohibits Vietnamese bloggers and Internet users from linking to or reposting news from press organizations or information from foreign government websites.

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/693. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.