The 25 participating journalists specialized in reporting on education came from main national and provincial (Hai Phong and Hai Duong) newspapers and radio and television stations.
At the end of December, concerns rose about the fate of bloggers and peaceful dissidents when authorities detained human-rights lawyer Le Quoc Quan as he was taking his daughter to school on Dec. 27, and upheld earlier prison sentences handed to other prominent political bloggers, including Nguyen Van Hai, Ta Phong Tan and Phan Than Hai.