That can easily make people mad. Broken Hill Proprietary Co. The Australian oil company is trying to renegotiate a production-sharing contract for an offshore oil field that has turned out to have less oil than expected. The two newspapers variously quoted company letters or instructions from top government officials. Vietnam's criminal code prescribes prison terms of up to 15 years for intentionally disclosing state secrets, but does not define what makes something a secret. Vietnam does not have a single censorship office but expects editors to monitor their own publications.
Boundaries are often unclear.
For example, the party has encouraged news media to expose corruption, but officials targeted by the disclosures may try to head off the articles or get revenge.