Nguyễn Anh Tuấn is chairman of the VietnamNet Media Group and the editor-in-chief of VietnamNet. Nguyen is also the founder of the VASC Software and Media Company and VietNet, the first Internet service provider in Vietnam to provide email and Web access. Nguyen began his career as a faculty member at the University of Dalat before embarking on his business and journalism career. As a journalist, Nguyễn covered Prime Minister Phan Van Khai’s 2005 visit to the United States and founded an interactive interview format, the “VietnamNet Online Roundtable,” that enables readers to participate in interviews. As the Shorenstein Center’s Sagan Fellow, Tuấn researched key trends in the development of electronic media in Vietnam.
From VietNet to VietNam Net: Ten Years of Electronic Media in Vietnam
January 1, 2008
A paper by Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, fall 2007 fellow, tells the story VietNamNet, Vietnam’s most popular online media outlet and one of the country’s most respected news publications. Although private news outlets are not yet legal—all newspapers are controlled by state organizations—the Vietnamese press has become increasingly vibrant and politically influential. VietNamNet has been reporting
