<div> <p>Reporters Without Borders regards a new law on blogs and social networks – announced on July 31st and due to take effect in september – as a gross violation of the right to inform and be informed.</p> <p>Known as <a href="http://www.chinhphu.vn/portal/page/portal/chinhphu/hethongvanban?class_id=1&amp;mode=detail&amp;document_id=168699" target="_blank">Decree 72</a>, the law restricts the use of blogs and social networks to “providing or exchanging personal information” and bans using them to share information from news sources.</p> <p></p></div>