Category: Politics
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Party politics heightens battle for information control
Vietnam politics has been shaken by what Nguyen Phu Trong, the General Secretary of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), has said: “The fireplace is already bunched up; even the fresh wood will burn.”
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‘Dirty’ journalism in the spotlight
“Dirty journalism” became an important media buzzword in 2016, as controversies emerged from news media in relation to corruption in the media, including alleged collusion with big business. Such reporting may be the inevitable by-product of state press control and increasing competition for financial self-sustainability. In competing against the popularity of social media and citizen…
Nhung Nguyen 