VIETNAM

Vietnam has detained two bloggers for posting anti-state comments, which the Communist-ruled country said should serve as a warning to others spreading dissent. Bui Hieu Vo, 55, known as “Hieu Bui” on Facebook, and Phan Kim Khanh, 24, were detained for investigation of “propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”, the government said on its Facebook page. Despite sweeping economic reforms and increasing openness toward social change, the Communist Party retains tight media censorship and zero tolerance for criticism. Vietnam earlier this month called on all companies doing business in the country to stop advertising on YouTube, Facebook and other social media until they had found a way to halt the publication of “toxic” anti-government information.