‘Press Freedom’ in Vietnam

At the beginning of December, Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Information and Communication announced that he wanted to create a “healthy environment” for bloggers. Doing this would be a huge step forward in achieving the goal of freedom of press. The government intends to succeed with the help of Google and Yahoo. They should regulate the blogging scene by stopping ‘incorrect information’ from being published. This measure is meant to reduce blogs to their original sense, being a personal diary and not a way to discuss opinions about politics. 

Top 5 of the Most Censored Countries in the World

In Canada, we take it for granted that journalists and citizens can write or talk about nearly anything they want to voice their opinions on. That’s because Canada is a democratic country that has freedom of the press. But in many countries that do not have a democratic system or press freedom, such as China or Burma, journalists are censored and often killed for expressing their opinion.