''Tuổi Trẻ'' ("Youth", ) is a major daily newspaper in

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, publishing in Vietnamese from Hồ Chí Minh City. It was originally a publication of the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union (Vietnamese: ''Đoàn Thanh niên Cộng sản Hồ Chí Minh'') of Ho Chi Minh City, and while it is still the official mouthpiece of that organization, it has grown to become the largest newspaper in the country. As of 2007 its daily circulation was 450,000. The printed newspaper includes: ''Tuổi Trẻ daily'', weekly ''Tuổi Trẻ Cuối Tuần'', semimonthly ''Tuổi Trẻ Cười''. Online versions includes: a Vietnamese version ''Tuổi Trẻ Online'' and an English version ''Tuoi Tre News''.

History

''Tuoi Tre Newspaper'' was officially established on September 2, 1975. However, its precursor was propaganda leaflets issued by students and pupils in

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during their anti-

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. In its early stage, ''Tuoi Tre'' circulated tri-weekly. On September 1, 2000, it started to issue one more on Friday. From April 2, 2006, it became a daily newspaper.

Offices

Its headquarters is located on 60A, Hoàng Văn Thụ Street, Ward 9, Phú Nhuận District, in the urban area of

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and not so far from Tan Son Nhat International Airport. ''Tuoi Tre'' has 8 representative offices in the capital city of

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at 72A Thuy Khue Street (currently at 15 Doc Ngu Street - Ba Dinh District while the building at Thuy Khue Street is under reconstruction), Nghệ An,

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Stance

Described as "pro-reformist" by the BBC, the newspaper has run into trouble with the communist authorities several times. In May 1991, its editor in chief was sacked when the paper ran an article trepidly acknowledging

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's early marriage to

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. Ms. Vu Kim Hanh, former Tuoi Tre Newspaper's editorial direction, was dismissed. In 2000, it commissioned a survey among youths in Ho Chi Minh City which found that

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was more admired than Ho Chi Minh. This resulted in the published copies being destroyed by state censors and three editors sanctioned. In 2005, the newspaper published a series of investigative articles about the monopolization of the pharmaceutical market by Zuellig Pharma. The reporter, Lan Anh, was subsequently dismissed. In July 2018, the government suspended the newspaper from publishing online for 3 months and fined it 220 million VND. The disciplinary action came after the newspaper published an article on June 19, 2018 quoting

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agreeing with the need for a new law regarding protests. It left in place a reader's comment, in another article previously published on May 26, 2017, that was deemed by the Press Authority to be "splitting national unity". The Press Authority determined that the content of the article quoting the President was "untrue" and "caused severe impact".

References

External links

*English versio
Tuoi Tre News
*Vietnamese versio
Tuoi Tre OnlineTuoi Tre TV
* Tuoi Tre Cuoi Online
Tuoi Tre Cuoi
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