The party has pledged greater efforts to clean up the ranks of its 2.12 million members by punishing the corrupt and promoting better-educated members. Foreign diplomats are closely gathering information on the recent drive. A lot of people go to pagodas or temples and there are a lot of books on fortunetellers and that sort of thing. So it's only for Vietnamese who practise Buddhism. Vietnam's publishing industry remains firmly in state hands, but abuse of the system is widespread.
Some publications manage to see print without authorization.
Ministry of Culture licences are required before anything can be commercially printed. Imported publications are censored and unflattering articles about Vietnam are often removed. The official conceded that outlawed literature and publications were not a big problem and that the new moves were part of normal ministry work. It's an activity we have to do every year. The new campaign is set to run up to the Lunar New Year in early February.