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Beleagured Viet Conglomerate’s SLAPP Strategy Against Critics

Government more eager to help than prudent

Our Correspondent
Dec 16, 2025
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In September, in the first lawsuit filed abroad against individuals accused of defaming Vietnam’s largest conglomerate, Phạm Nhật Vượng, founder and chairman of Vingroup Joint Stock Company vainly sued the Berlin-based Lê Trung Khoa, founder and editor-in-chief of Thoibao.de, a Vietnamese-language online outlet known for exposing Communist Party taboos.…

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