Hanoi, Vietnam police have arrested one of the country's best-known bloggers publish criticism of the communist government in the one-party authoritarian state, exacerbating the Internet fuels repression of dissidents.
Fan Yue Tao, aged 61, was arrested in Internet activism expressed concern about the threat posed by communist standards. Until a few years the party's monopoly in the domestic information. Now, blog and Facebook accounts score report gleefully failure and internal strife, reaching millions of people, and to help spread the anger in his long reign.
So far this year, 46 blog or democracy activists have been convicted and imprisoned for more than the number of full-year 2012 for violating the National Security Act of people locked up. Led by the United States, foreign governments, suppress criticism and calls for the release of activists, but there is little leverage to force Hanoi to change course.
Last Thursday was arrested, his home in Hanoi Road "abuse of democracy and freedom crimes", the Ministry said on its website. This violation of "Criminal Law" Article 258 for seven years in prison.
Tao, former government officials and Vietnam Writers Association, ran a website, where he wrote articles criticizing Vietnamese leaders. This site does not provide Friday, apparently blocked by the government.
Road to the media seminar, in a speech last year, said that social media in Vietnam was "to make up for deficiencies and disabilities official media in the country," depicts only one artificial means "smooth and perfect society."
"Fortunately, with the rapid development of the Internet has become many individuals and blog reporter," he said, according to another of his dissident's blog last Friday speech on a text.
Government, under pressure because of improper handling of stuttering economy, once one of Asia's brightest. Even state-owned enterprises have been allowed to run in the past few years, the huge debt, while producing little value, dragging down the economy.
Ruanguang Ning A, outspoken economist, said the arrest Road by the government trying to get everyone "Shut your mouth," reflecting its weaknesses.
"Who is next?" He asked. "When someone is weak, to appear to be strong, he has done such a thing."
Testimony on television last Thursday the National Assembly legislation, government minister said that the Internet has brought to Vietnam huge benefit, because it was introduced in 1997, but he warned that online dissidents negative impact.
"Recently, in domestic and overseas hostile forces opportunists misuse of the Internet information dissemination, destroyed the country, distort our party and state policy, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Kitayama said."
Vietnam has 31 million Internet users, about 73 percent of people over 35 years of age. Vietnam's population is 900,000.
Unlike China, the government can not enforce firewall or effectively block access to the site. Vietnam issues are being exacerbated because the Internet business and e-commerce future economic growth is very important, but the fight against Internet freedom also cut into the foreground.
U.S. Google and Facebook and other Internet companies to do more business in the country, but the regulatory environment cautious. Road blog is hosted blog appear in Google's blog platform, highlighting the issue.
Another well-known blogger Tao was arrested on the same charge last month. He has not tried. Other blog has been imprisoned for 12 years. The Government said that no one was in the peaceful expression of their views, only those who break the law jailed.
 
 



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