Vietnam Requires Gov't Vetting of Business Websites

bhsurfer writes "Vietnam is now requiring government permission for businesses to set up websites. This article on yahoo give a brief rundown. The Ministry of Culture and Information came up with the rules, but hasn't given any info about the penalties for breaking them." The rules are apparently designed to combat the "increasing numbers of Vietnamese with access to news from outside sources." Update: 10/14 19:40 GMT by T :Sorry, that's 'Vietnam'.'

Re:Vietname...

[Anonymous Coward]

... and vietname.com [vietname.com] is already taken. Just shows you there are no good domains left anymore...

Re:Not just Commiez... SPAIN too!

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

Well, Ashcroft's statements [nationallawcenter.org] are easy enough to find. This is related to the Child-Pr0n bugbear.

It's all about the children

More astonishing precedent is set by the confiscation [cmu.edu] of web servers at raisethefist.com [indymedia.org].

If I am to accept what I beleive to be your criteria, then it's pretty clear in the light of recent developments, that the U.S. is not a liberal democracy, and is quickly moving away from any reasonable description of a Republic.