Now Vietnam wants to ‘manage’ chat apps, and media says ban possible

Vietnam’s government is to decide policy in managing free internet-based telecom tools like Viber, Line and Whatsapp, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said on Friday, a move bound to increase concerns about Communist Party censorship.State media said the government might “ban” free messaging services because of the harm done to network providers.
http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/08/20/vietnam-internet-idINDEE97J0DG20130820
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