Government shuts down popular news web site

14-Jan-2005 Intellasia | 12/Jan/2005 AP | 1:51 PM Print This Post

Vietnam has suspended a popular news web site for failing to obtain a government operating license, state-controlled media reported January 11.
The Ministry of Culture and Information also fined local software company, Vinacomm—which runs the tintucvietnam.com Web site—20 million dong, the Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper said.
Access to the popular Web site—which compiled news stories from local newspapers—has not been possible since Saturday January 8.
Ministry officials and company executives were not available for comment Wednesday.

 


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