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Tuổi Trẻ online suspended from publication

by ,http://vietnamnews.vn/society/451905/tuoi-tre-online-suspended-from-publication.html16 July 2018 Last updated at 19:59 PM

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Tuổi Trẻ online suspended from publication
The Ministry of Information andnbsp;Communications on Monday temporarily suspended the publication of thenbsp;Tuổi Trẻnbsp;(Youth) online newspaper fornbsp;three months for violations in journalism and publishing activities.

 

Viet Nam News

According to the decision issued by Lưu Đình Phúc, directorate general of Authority of Press, the news site reported untrue information that caused serious impacts in a story titled ‘The President agreed on the necessity of Demonstration Law enforcement’ published in June 2018 and information that splits national unity contained in reader comments on an article about planning expressways for the southern region published in May 2018.

The news site was asked to correct the false information and slapped with a fine of VNĐ220 million (US$9,500).

The suspension took effect from July 16, affecting only the online Vietnamese version of the publication.

Tuổi Trẻ Online at tuoitre.vn is a publication of Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper of Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union.

Besides the news site, it publishes a daily printed newspaper, a weekend newspaper, Tuổi Trẻ news fun and an online English news site. VNS