Vietnam - RWB hails creation of Vietnam's first independent journalists association

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With many members, including well known journalists, it intends to defend detained colleagues, train young reporters and operate a news website Reporters Without Borders hails the creation of the Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam (IJAVN), the country's first such organization. Its launch on 4 July in Ho Chi Minh City saw the biggest-ever gathering of journalists to promote freely reported and politically independent information. Well-known journalists are IJAVN members. Its (...)

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