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Vietnam jails activists for ‘propaganda’ leaflets

Vietnam jailed two young activists Thursday for distributing anti-government leaflets, in a case slammed by rights groups as a fresh attempt by the communist regime to silence its critics. University student Nguyen Phuong Uyen, 21, was given six years in prison for anti-state propaganda.

Vietnam TV broadcaster drops foreign channels

A Vietnamese satellite television broadcaster said Thursday it had stopped airing foreign channels including CNN, BBC and Star World to comply with a new media law that came into effect this week. The channels, which already air with a 30-minute delay on live feeds to allow sensitive content.