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BBC Says Journalist Questioned and Blocked From Leaving Vietnam

Vietnam withholds passport and ID from BBC journalist, subjecting them to multiple days of questioning amid the country’s strict media censorship, with 28 journalists currently jailed.

  • A BBC journalist has been blocked from leaving Vietnam for several months as authorities withheld their ID card and renewed passport.
  • During this time, the journalist was subjected to multiple days of questioning by the authorities.
  • The BBC is urging Vietnamese authorities to allow the journalist to leave immediately and return to work by providing the renewed passport.
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BBC confirms that one of its journalists is being "stopped out of Vietnam several months ago", being under interrogation for several days. This was in the country to renew the passport.

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BBC says journalist questioned and blocked from leaving Vietnam

A Vietnamese BBC journalist has been blocked by authorities from leaving the country for "several months", the broadcaster said, heightening concerns about press freedoms in the nation.

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BBC News broke the news in United Kingdom on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.
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