Social media begin to have a voice in Vietnam
Wednesday, April 15, 2015, 17:15 GMT+7
It is now more common for Vietnamese Internet users to express their opinions, objections or protests on social networks, and sometimes end up seeing the changes they have demanded really put in place.
This can be evidenced by several recent headline-grabbing issues, which indicates that authorities are apparently listening to what their citizens discuss on Facebook or Twitter, and that social media currently have a certain say in Vietnam, which has been unfairly alleged to block social networks.
Last month a plan to chop down 6,700 trees across Hanoi in three years was halted less than halfway through, seemingly following strong criticisms against it on both social and conventional media.
