A lawsuit over speech in which a defendant, even if wrong, is not sent to prison: that is a hallmark of a democratic judiciary. [1]

In early September 2025, Vingroup, Việt Nam’s largest private conglomerate, filed civil lawsuits against 68 organizations and individuals domestically and abroad. The lawsuits accused these entities of spreading false information regarding the company’s finances, products, and the personal lives of its senior executives. [2]