Google detects politically motivated malware attacks in Vietnam

April 1st, 2010

Google’s Security blog has revealed that a number of malicious malware attacks on Vietnamese computers have been specifically designed to spy on and target “blogs containing messages of political dissent”. Google described this example of internet hacktivism as a direct attempt to “squelch opposition” to a Chinese-backed bauxite mining project in Vietnam which has divided public opinion.

Asian countries lead internet enemy report

March 15th, 2010

Reporters Without Borders has named Burma, China, North Korea and Vietnam as among the worst violators of freedom of expression on the internet. The Enemies of the Internet 2010 report claimed that governments in these countries are either preventing citizens from accessing the web or developing increasingly sophisticated filtering techniques.

Blogger faces death penalty in Vietnam

December 15th, 2009

Blogger and pro-democracy activist Nguyen Tien Trung is facing the death penalty after being charged with “trying to overthrow the  government” and is due to be tried at the end of the month. Trung was arrested in July on a charge of propaganda against the state which related to  blogs he had posted including an open letter to the government on education policy. According to his father he is now facing the more serious charge of “subverting the people’s administration”. His supporters believe the charges are intended to intimidate  students who are calling for more press freedom. Read more here

Vietnam: arrest of a pragmatist

June 19th, 2009

Lawyer Le Cong Dinh (right) has always worked to change the system from within – which is exactly why his arrest is troubling, says Roby Alampay
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Vietnam arrests high-profile lawyer

June 15th, 2009

Vietnamese authorities have arrested the high-profile lawyer, Le Cong Dinh for allegedly conspiring against the government. Read more here

Catholic teacher fired in Vietnam over website row

June 9th, 2009

A Catholic teacher has been fired in Vietnam for allegedly encouraging her students to access “politically sensitive web-sites”. Read more here

Ask no questions

November 14th, 2008

Vietnam’s journalists suffer when they dig too deep, writes Nick Caistor
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