Vietnamese Miss World model fined for social media 'insults'

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Former Miss World contestant Nguyen Le Nam Em has been singled out by Vietnamese authorities for "negative" livestreams. (Source photo from Nguyen Le Nam Em Facebook Page)

LIEN HOANG, Nikkei staff writer

HO CHI MINH CITY -- Vietnam has fined a former Miss World contestant for "negative" livestreams about famous people, in the latest example of mounting internet censorship in the one-party state.

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