西方援助国敦促越南解除对媒体和互联网的限制，并警告说，越南对信息的严密控制危及着越南迅速的经济进步。
美国驻越南大使迈克拉克等人在河内举行的捐助国会议上说，经济发展需要一个开放和透明的环境。迈克拉克和瑞典驻越南大使贝里曼都对他们所说的越南日益缩小的公开讨论空间表示担忧。
他们提到越南限制社交网站“脸谱”的问题。迈克拉克说，此事并非只是青少年在网上聊天，而是关系到人们相互交流，分享想法和做生意的权利。
贝里曼代表欧盟敦促越南解除对互联网的限制。越南在过去一年因逮捕博客撰稿人和一位著名的人权律师而受到国际社会的批评。
Western aid donors have urged Vietnam to lift restrictions on the media and Internet, warning that its tight controls of information are threatening the country’s rapid economic progress.
Addressing a donors’ meeting in Hanoi, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Michael Michalak and others said economic development requires an open and transparent environment. Michalak and Swedish ambassador (to Vietnam) Rolf Bergman both expressed concerns about what they say is Vietnam’s shrinking space for open discussion.
They raised Vietnamese restrictions on the online social networking site Facebook.
Michalak said the matter is not just an issue of teenagers chatting online, but a question of people’s rights to communicate with one another, share ideas and do business.
Speaking on behalf of the European Union, Bergman urged Vietnam to lift all restrictions on the Internet. Vietnam has faced international criticism over the past year following its arrest of bloggers and a prominent human rights lawyer.