Vietnam must regulate blogs, say officials
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Vietnam needs to control blogs to prevent the spread of subversive and sexually explicit content, communist government officials said according to a state media report Wednesday.
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A Venezuelan weblog, Noticias24.com, says the "first manifestations of censorship on the internet" are being felt in the country.
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Vietnam is making headway in creating a more level playing field for foreign investors, but more reform must take place in order for competition to flourish, business leaders said Monday.
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By Fred Reed, The Washington Times  Feb. 17--TROOPS' BLOGS UNDER SCRUTINY: Once again, technology has outrun  the laws we use to regulate it. Consider the Pentagon's current automated  surveillance of troops' blogs.
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Vietnam's youngest Prime Minister on  Friday became the highest-ranking Communist Party official to  go online to answer citizens' questions on corruption,  government waste and management of the fast-growing market  economy.
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While much ire in the fight against net censorship and free speech restrictions falls squarely at the feet of the Chinese government, a new law in Zimbabwe should raise some eyebrows.
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Vietnam has suspended a popular news Web site for failing to obtain a government operating license, state-controlled media reported Wednesday.
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A disputed article about Sunni worshipers being burned alive in Iraq has ignited the blogosphere and caused the Iraqi government to threaten journalists with ÃÂlegal action.ÃÂ
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Motorcycles have become the symbol of economic freedom in Vietnam, as its economy surges. But they are also a main source, together with cars, of serious air pollution.
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A blogger who was apparently picked up in an Internet crackdown by the Myanmar military government has been seen in detention at a government office, an opposition party spokesman said Monday.
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Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Vietnam of mass arrests and torture of ethnic minorities in the central part of the country and urged Cambodia to open its border and allow asylum-seeking tribal members to cross.
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Politicians and trade officials are still pressuring the nation to shut down "illegal" Web sites and to align its intellectual property laws with "international standards."
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Athletes have long demanded they be allowed to write their blogs during the Games but the IOC was concerned about copyright infringement.
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The government is urged to make it illegal for websites to incite or advise people how to commit suicide.
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BALI, Indonesia  - Vietnam is imposing stringent measures to contain a second outbreak of bird flu, which promises to unsettle the poultry and feed industries just as they were showing signs of recovery, a senior Vietnamese ...
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Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has asked the Vietnam Administration of Tourism to co-operate with relevant agencies to develop regulations on hiring foreign individuals and organisations to promote Vietnam ...
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New rules imposed by the Chinese government indicates that authorities are not loosening their grip on bloggers, something they indicated they might do.