October 21, 2009 12:57PM 

# Freedom for Vietnam’s Bloggers 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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Today the House of Representatives is debating [H. Res. 672](http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HE_672.html), which would call on the government of Vietnam to release imprisoned bloggers and respect Internet freedom.

Here is an [article](http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2009/09/08/vietnam-bloggers-arrested-for-ctiticizing-china/) [or](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/13/MNJ814GR9H.DTL) [two](http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2009/aug/31/press-freedom-vietnam) about what is happening with Vietnamese bloggers.

##### Related Tags 

[Defense and Foreign Policy](https://www.cato.org/defense-foreign-policy), [Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Technology and Privacy](https://www.cato.org/technology-privacy), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) 

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