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Hunkering down to defend the Communist Party as the country's sole voice of political power, Vietnam's Politburo continues to bar virtually all attempts at free expression that violate the guidelines of the party leadership. Vietnam's National Assembly amended and tightened an already repressive press law in June, centralizing media control--including the Internet--within the Ministry of…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260