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Viewing cable 07HANOI1070, ALL THE NEWS FIT TO BE PRESENTED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION'S

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07HANOI1070 2007-06-08 07:16 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Hanoi
VZCZCXRO9369
RR RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHHM
DE RUEHHI #1070/01 1590716
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 080716Z JUN 07
FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5580
INFO RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH 3189
RUEHZS/ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HANOI 001070 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/MLS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM KCOR KPAO VM
 
SUBJECT: ALL THE NEWS FIT TO BE PRESENTED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION'S 
DESIGNATED SPOKESPERSON 
 
Ref: A) HANOI 1016; B) HANOI 2996; C) HANOI 2705; D) HANOI 2412; E) 
 
HANOI 771 
 
HANOI 00001070  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
Summary 
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1. (SBU) The GVN recently issued a decree prohibiting all government 
and Party employees, except ministers, provincial governors or 
appointed spokespeople, from speaking to the media.  The GVN's 
reported intent in passing the decree is to decrease "controversy" 
and prevent "conflicting information" from coming out of different 
GVN ministries.  However, journalists from State-run press outlets 
lament that government-appointed spokespersons may be "overloaded" 
with requests for information or "not expert" in their fields.  A 
respected journalist wrote that the decree presents "obstacles" for 
reporters in trying to inform the public.  We see the decree as 
fitting a larger GVN pattern -- since last year's Party Congress -- 
to reign in the press and ensure that only the "right news" sees the 
light of day.  End Summary. 
 
The Decree's Nuts and Bolts 
--------------------------- 
 
2. (SBU) Vietnamese Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Tan Dzung recently 
signed a decree prohibiting all civil servants, except ministers, 
provincial governors or appointed spokespeople, from speaking to the 
media.  The decree codifies several procedures journalists must go 
through before being granted an interview, but it does not specify 
punishments for those officials who provide information without 
permission.  The decree also requires ministries, government 
agencies and provincial and city people's committees to update 
information on their websites at least once every three months or 
hold a press conference once every six months. 
 
A Mixed Review 
-------------- 
 
3. (SBU) On June 7, a Ministry of Culture and Information (MOCI) 
Press Management Officer told us that the GVN had decided "a long 
time ago" to issue this decree, but that the "slow and plodding GVN 
bureaucracy" had not finalized language until recently.  The 
rationale behind it is to decrease "controversy" and prevent 
"conflicting information" from coming out of the different GVN 
ministries, she said. 
 
4. (SBU) The decree will improve journalists' access to information 
by making it clearer where they can get it, she continued.  The GVN 
is merely making sure certain individuals are assigned the task of 
speaking for their department or Party organization.  It is not 
unlike foreign government departments that have individuals acting 
as department spokespersons, she offered. 
 
5. (SBU) However, reporters from State-controlled Vietnam Television 
Network and the Voice of Vietnam bemoaned the decree's passing. 
They told us that department-appointed spokespersons may be 
"overloaded" with requests or "not expert" in their respective 
fields.  Moreover, the new procedures will be time-consuming, but 
the media business demands that they get information immediately, 
they added.  They asserted that the GVN has made the task of getting 
good information more complicated. 
 
6. (SBU) Respected journalist Binh Chau lamented in a June 4 
commentary in the "Vietnam Investment Review" that Article Two of 
the decree states that only authorized officers can supply 
information to the media and that these officers are not allowed to 
reveal "secrets or secret information about ongoing investigations." 
 The decree presents "obstacles" for journalists trying to carry out 
their job of informing the public, she wrote. 
 
7. (SBU) A senior officer in the Vietnam Journalists Association 
(VJA), however, told us that it is too early to judge the decree's 
impact.  If it becomes clear that it has prevented journalists from 
getting timely information, the VJA will notify PM Dzung and other 
relevant GVN leaders of the VJA's views, he said. 
 
In Keeping With Past Practice 
----------------------------- 
 
8. (SBU) Third-country embassy officials have publicly criticized 
the decree, saying it runs counter to GVN promises of promoting 
transparency and accountability.  On June 6, the Swedish Ambassador 
said that the decree undermines the training Sweden has given to 
Vietnamese journalists over the past several years.  The Swedish 
Embassy's Political and Trade Counselor later offered her view to 
Poloff that the decree is in keeping with GVN steps over the past 
year to deter the press from printing certain information. 
 
 
HANOI 00001070  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
Comment 
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9. (SBU) Over the past year, the GVN has lauded the media's work in 
uncovering official corruption.  However, there can be too much of a 
good thing, and the public outcry in response to the PMU-18 scandal 
(reftels) -- fanned by the media -- caught the GVN by surprise. 
Since taking office after last year's Party Congress, GVN and Party 
leaders have sought to ensure -- through this decree and other 
"press guidance" -- that only the "right news" comes out at the 
right time.  End Comment. 
 
MARINE