- Tuoi Tre
"Tuổi Trẻ" ((Vietnamese: "Báo Tuổi Trẻ" - "Youth") is a major daily newspaper in
Vietnam , publishing in Vietnamese from Hồ Chí Minh City. It was originally a publication of theHồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Organization (Vietnamese: "Đoàn Thanh niên Cộng sản Hồ Chí Minh") of Hồ Chí Minh City, and while it is still the official mouthpiece of that organization, it has grown to become the largest newspaper in the country. As of 2007 its daily circulation is 450,000. [vicite news
url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/vietnamese/vietnam/story/2007/08/070822_tuoitre_vovankiet.shtml
title=Cựu thủ tướng nói về báo Tuổi Trẻ
publisher=BBC Vietnamese
date=22 August 2007
accessdate=2007-08-22]The newspaper includes: Tuổi Trẻ daily vi, weekly Tuổi Trẻ Cuối Tuần, bi-monthly Tuổi Trẻ Cười and online Tuổi Trẻ Online.
History
Tuoi Tre Newspaper was officially established on
September 2 ,1975 . However, its precursor was propaganda leaflets issued by students and pupils inSaigon during their anti-American movements in theVietnam War .In its early stage, Tuoi Tre circulated tri-weekly. On
September 1 ,2000 , it started to issue one more on Friday. FromApril 2 ,2006 , it became a daily newspaper.Offices
Its headquarters is located on 60A, Hoàng Văn Thụ street, Ward 9,
Phú Nhuận District , in the urban area ofHo Chi Minh City . Tuoi Tre has 8 representative offices inHanoi ,Nghệ An ,Huế ,Danang , Qui Nhơn,Nha Trang ,Dalat , andCan Tho .tance
Described as “pro-reformist” by the BBC, [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4766846.stm
title=Communist debate grips Vietnam
author=Nguyen Giang
date=2 March 2006
publisher=BBC News
accessdate=2007-08-22] the newspaper had run into trouble with the communist authorities several times, including once in 2000 when it commissioned a survey among Hồ Chí Minh City youths that found out thatBill Gates is more admired than Hồ Chí Minh [cite news
url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/IF23Ae01.html
title=Vietnam's generational split
author=Long S Le
publisher=Asia Times Online
date=23 June 2007
accessdate=2007-08-22] [cite news
url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/24/INGK5CC63P.DTL
title=The fall and rise of Saigon
author=Andrew Lam
publisher=San Francisco Chronicle
date=24 April 2005
accessdate=2007-08-22] . This resulted in the published copies being destroyed by state censors and the three editors harshly sanctioned.External links
* [http://www.tuoitre.com.vn Tuoi Tre Online, vi only]
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