Vietnam's open diplomacy has not translated into media freedoms

Haning been to Vietnam a couple of times, most recently in 2004,I always keep an eye on news coming out of the country about media freedoms.

The committee to Protect Journalists has written an open letter to the President Nguyen Minh Triet following his participation in this week’s United Nations General Assembly.

Unfortunately, Vietnam’s more open diplomacy has not translated into substantive democratic reforms at home, including in the areas of press and Internet freedom. The Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent, nonprofit organization that defends press freedom worldwide, was alarmed by your government’s recent crackdown on online journalists and political bloggers, many of whom were detained and interrogated for their reporting.