12/09/2020 07:00 GMT+7 vietnamnet
When asked if reporters were threatening their businesses in order to receive advertising in their newspapers, a number of businesspeople said there “have been numerous such cases”.
T, the media executive of a large private corporation, showed VietNamNet reporters a message on his mobile phone, which had been sent that day.

Nguyen Tri Thuc from Tap Chi Cong San
The sender introduced himself as a reporter and asked for a meeting with the spokesperson of the corporation to get ‘some related documents’.