14 DAY TRIAL // Vietnam is that kind of country that struggles to regulate the content appearing on the residents' blogs, although we all know it's pretty difficult to do such a thing. But according to AFP, the Deputy Information and Communications Minister, Do Quy Doan, aims to reduce the amount of subversive and sexually explicit content published on the blogs by releasing guidelines supposed to help the bloggers control their material. This is a pretty applaudable initiative, as the Vietnamese official considers that "controlling weblogs is about developing them in accordance with the law, not forbidding them", as AFP added.
"We should provide guidelines that help people know what type of information they can upload online. Once we have obvious regulations, I think no one will be able to supervise weblogs better than the bloggers themselves", Doan said according to AFP.
"It's alright some bloggers have recently showed their patriotism, posting opinions about the Paracels-Spratly archipelagos on their weblogs. But some have sparked protest, causing public disorder and affecting the country's foreign affairs. It's impossible to control the Internet, so I think we should bolster technical security measures in addition to creating regulations", Nguyen The Ky, head of the press management and publishing bureau, added according to the same source.
The number of the Internet blogs exploded this year as more and more large online companies got focused on this type of technology. Just look at Google, the owner of the famous Blogger technology that allows the users to create a freeware blog in a matter of seconds. In addition, there's the WordPress platform, also available for free, which could install a blog website fast and easy. Most blog services allow the owners to post new messages straight from a web-based interface, but lots of software companies designed downloadable software, which enables them to publish a new post straight from the desktop.