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About Caroline Finlay

4 posts · joined 2007-08-12

I've been a US expat in Hanoi for the past 2 years. I used to work as an engineer, and now I'm trying to be a writer.

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June 16th, 2008

Vietnam: Detention of journalists sparks web debate

A small portrait of the translator Caroline Finlay · 04:04, June 16th, 2008 · East Asia
lingua → bn · it
GV author Caroline Finlay writes about how the arrest of two Vietnamese journalists last month sparked an online debate about media freedom and corruption in Vietnam. The spirited online discussion was interesting and encouraging since the press is tightly controlled in Vietnam. 5 comments  · read »

May 10th, 2008

Vietnam: Netizen's Reactions to the Olympic Torch

A small portrait of the translator Caroline Finlay · 04:30 · East Asia
Vietnamese netizens got another opportunity to vent their anti-China anger when the Beijing Olympic flame was in Ho Chi Minh city. Caroline Finlay rounds up some of the reactions. 7 comments  · read »

January 6th, 2008

Vietnam: Regulating the Street Economy

A small portrait of the translator Caroline Finlay · 15:05 · East Asia
lingua → jp · zhs · zht
Vietnamese capital city Hanoi recently introduced a draft legislation aimed at improving traffic flow. The result of this was a drastic reduction in the places where the vendors can sell there wares. Caroline Finlay looks at the online debates sparked by this new legislation. 2 comments  · read »

August 18th, 2007

Vietnam: Web Censorship

A small portrait of the translator Caroline Finlay · 09:08, August 18th, 2007 · East Asia
lingua → de · pt · zht · zhs · es
When I began considering posting on Global Voices from Vietnam, the first thought that came to mind was what exactly was I allowed to post? What topics could I cover, and which ones should I avoid? The media in communist Vietnam is state controlled, and although the internet isn’t as ... 8 comments  · read »