Hanoi - Vietnam has introduced tough new laws regulating the use of the Internet in an apparent attempt to silence online dissent.
The Ministry of Public Security's mouthpiece, the An Ninh The Gioi, said on Wednesday that the new rules were necessary "to tighten the management of Internet operations".
Under decision No. 71, which came into force in March, taking advantage of the Internet to disrupt "social order and safety" or to breach the communist nation's "fine customs and traditions" are "strictly forbidden".
"Storing on Internet-connected computers information, materials or data classified as state secrets," is also prohibited.
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