Thanh Niên (Vietnamese: Báo Thanh Niên "Young People[1]'s Newspaper") is a Ho Chi Minh City-based newspaper in Vietnam. It was the second most circulated newspaper in Vietnam in 2009, with an average circulation of 300,000.[2] Thanh Niên News is released daily in Vietnamese language. Thanh Niên is an official organ of the Vietnam United Youth League (Hội Liên hiệp Thanh niên Việt Nam) and mainly focuses on social affairs, especially those that involve the youth. The newspaper announced the closure of its English language website, which was known as Thanh Niên News, on September 16, 2016, citing company reorganization.[3]
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| Founded | January 3, 1986 |
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| Language | Vietnamese |
| Headquarters | Ho Chi Minh City |
| Sister newspapers | Vietweek (defunct), Thanh Niên News (defunct) |
| Website | thanhnien |
Before its closure, the English edition went through several rebranding. It began as Thanh Niên Weekly and became Vietweek on January 6, 2012.[4] When Vietweek ceased print publication, the name of the website, Thanh Niên News, took over.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Vietnam: Stop Muzzling the Messngers". Human Rights Watch. 8 January 2009.
On January 2, Nguyen Cong Khe, editor of Thanh Nien (Young People) and Le Hoang, editor of Tuoi Tre (Youth), were dismissed from their jobs.
- ^ Hồng Khánh (2009-02-01). "Thay tổng biên tập báo Tuổi Trẻ, Thanh Niên - VnExpress" [The Tuoi Tre and Thanh Nien newspapers get new editors-in-chief]. VnExpress (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2019-08-21.
- ^ "Thank you readers, contributors and friends!". Thanh Niên News. 15 September 2016. Archived from the original on September 16, 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ Thanh Nien Weekly to become Vietweek Archived 2013-03-08 at the Wayback Machine 3 Jan 2012 "Change is afoot at Thanh Nien Weekly, the English language publication of Thanh Nien, the leading newspaper in Vietnam by circulation. We are changing our name to Vietweek from January 6, 2012."
- ^ "22 things you can no longer do with Vietweek". Thanh Niên News. 2014-04-14. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
- ^ "Vietnam lawmakers concerned by mounting cost of Asian Games". Thanh Niên News. 2014-03-26. Archived from the original on March 26, 2014. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
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