# Viet Nam

Government actions against journalists in Viet Nam

RSF rank: not recorded. World Press Freedom Index of Reporters Without Borders (RSF); rank 1 is the freest.

The number of entries reflects the depth of this record, not the severity of a country's conduct.

Viet Nam is in South-eastern Asia, Asia. The record holds 2 incidents in which the government of Viet Nam, or an official, court or legislature there, limited journalists' ability to report.

## Tactics used

- [Official labels: 1](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents?country=VN&tactic=disinformation_labeling), ladder: https://thewaronnews.com/ladders/disinformation_labeling
- [Secrets and espionage laws: 1](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents?country=VN&tactic=secrets_and_espionage_laws), ladder: https://thewaronnews.com/ladders/secrets_and_espionage_laws

## Heads of government at the time

- [Nguyen Tan Dung: 1 incident](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/nguyen-tan-dung)
- [Nguyen Xuan Phuc: 1 incident](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/nguyen-xuan-phuc)

## Incidents by year

### 2021

| Date | Incident | Tactic | Stage | Head of government | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 14, 2021 | [Vietnam: journalist Pham Doan Trang is sentenced to nine years for anti-state "propaganda"](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2021-vietnam-pham-doan-trang-nine-year-sentence) | [Secrets and espionage laws](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/secrets_and_espionage_laws) | Eliminate | [Nguyen Xuan Phuc](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/nguyen-xuan-phuc) | Sustained (December 14, 2021) |

### 2013

| Date | Incident | Tactic | Stage | Head of government | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| September 2013 | [Vietnam: Decree 72 restricts blogs to personal information](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2013-vietnam-decree-72-restricts-blogs) | [Official labels](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/disinformation_labeling) | Pressure | [Nguyen Tan Dung](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/nguyen-tan-dung) | Sustained (September 1, 2013) |

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