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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (170210)	8/28/2002 8:21:21 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 186894

Intel Chief:Everyone In Vietnam Should Have Right To Info Wednesday August 28, 3:18 am ET HANOI (AP)--Intel Corp. chief executive officer Craig Barrett told students at Communist Vietnam's top technology university Wednesday that all citizens should have the right to access information on the Internet. In recent weeks, Vietnam's government has laid a framework for tough new restrictions on Internet access, including severe penalties for Internet cafe owners who allow customers to visit antigovernment Web sites. All media in Vietnam are controlled by the government, and officials are concerned over the increasing numbers of Vietnamese who have access to a wider range of information and opinion on the Internet. "One thing that's important in the world today is the right of each citizen to information," Barrett told students at the Hanoi University of Technology. "That aspect of the Internet probably far outweighs any negative aspect." Barrett said Intel, the world's largest maker of computer chips, currently has no plans to build a manufacturing facility in Vietnam, although "we have looked and continue to look" at the possibility. He said Vietnam has a good opportunity to build a strong information technology sector, and urged it to strengthen its education system and communications infrastructure. Vietnam, with a population of 79 million, has about 1 million Internet users, according to the government. Earlier this month, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications shut down a popular Internet chat site, TTVNOnline.com, for carrying opinions critical of the government. Internet service providers maintain computer records of Web sites visited by subscribers and block sites declared objectionable by the Ministry of Public Security. But officials say it is technically and financially impossible to block every undesirable site, and therefore have proposed that Internet cafe owners take responsibility for their customers' actions.