"Decrees target Vietnamese bloggers
BANGKOK - .... In an environment in which information is heavily controlled by the state media, bloggers were quick to spot the possibilities that the online world offered.
Which country they talking about?
News about the country, much of it from foreign media outlets, and political commentary that is frequently critical of the government have become prime commodities....
"It is an oddly intellectualized environment," Kim Ninh, the head of the Asia Foundation's office in Hanoi, said of the blogosphere. "There is a lot of mudslinging, but underneath that there is an intellectual tradition that dates back to the French colonial period in the '20s, '30s and '40s that continues to flow. They take the subject of political debate very seriously.
So do we!!!!
