The Committee to Protect Journalists is condemning the recent arrests of online journalists and political bloggers in Vietnam.
The crackdown comes as online journalists and bloggers independent reporting challenges Vietnam’s tightly censored state-run media’s monopoly on local news and opinion.
Vietnam War Memorial Now Online
The National Archives along with Footnote.com have launched an online interactive Web site of the Vietnam War Memorial."The Wall is more than just 58,000 plus names. Many of these people were my friends," Vietnam veteran Richard Schroepfer says in a video on the site.
Gates Has Private Meeting With Vietnam PM
Prime Minister Phan Van Khai visited Microsoft Corp.’s Redmond, Washington campus on Monday for a private meeting with Bill Gates regarding Microsoft’s role in developing Vietnam’s information technology.