The Information and Communications Ministry announced on February 9the withdrawal of licence of the Nguoi Cao Tuoi (The Elderly)newspaper and the press card of itseditor-in-chief.
The decision follows an inspection of the newspaper by the ministry.
The Ministry also recommended that the Vietnam Association of theElderly should dismiss Kim Quoc Hoa, the editor-in-chief of thenewspaper.
In its report, the ministry said that thenewspaper violated several sections of the Law on Journalism and otherlegal regulations.
The print newspaper had published a number of complaints and comments that had no legal foundation, the report said.
It also reportedly published some articles that revealed confidentialinformation related to national security and abused democratic rights toundermine the nation's legal benefits.
The online newspaperhad allegedly published several articles that distorted the truth,aimed at insulting and making false accusations against someorganisations and individuals.
Regardingcopyright regulations, the newspaper published a number of articles inthe “world” section without crediting the original sources, the reportsaid.
The newspaper is also said to have publishedinappropriate advertisements by using the names of doctors foradvertising medicines or functional food.
The Ministryadded that during the inspection of the newspaper, it continued toreceive several complaints about the content published on thenewspaper's website.
The Ministry has transferred allconcerned documents to the investigative unit of the Public SecurityMinistry for further investigation.-VNA