The handling of magazines that are behaving like newspapers as well as the privatization of newspapers is being done in a large-scale, methodical, and transparent way.

Following in the footsteps of popular giants in the traditional press world, Vietnamese media groups are more keen to examine the prospects of new models that would charge readers for content online.

Vietnamese media could be falling behind the relentless march of technological development and need to catch up soon, said Information and Communications Minister Nguyen Manh Hung.