Vietnam is to ban bloggers and social media users from sharing news stories, in a further crackdown on online freedom.
Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites have become hugely popular over the last few years in the heavily-censored Communist country.
But a decree issued by the government said blogs should only be used "to provide and exchange personal information."
The document, signed by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and made public late on Wednesday, stipulates that internet users should not use social networks to share or exchange information on current events.
Social media users will not be allowed "to quote general information ... information from newspapers, press agencies or other state-owned websites", Hoang Vinh Bao, head of the Department of Radio, TV and Electronic Information, said, according to a report on the state-run VNExpress news site. Full story...
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Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites have become hugely popular over the last few years in the heavily-censored Communist country.
But a decree issued by the government said blogs should only be used "to provide and exchange personal information."
The document, signed by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and made public late on Wednesday, stipulates that internet users should not use social networks to share or exchange information on current events.
Social media users will not be allowed "to quote general information ... information from newspapers, press agencies or other state-owned websites", Hoang Vinh Bao, head of the Department of Radio, TV and Electronic Information, said, according to a report on the state-run VNExpress news site. Full story...
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