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Source: AP
Breaking News
1-8-13

Vietnam school suspends student for 1 year over Facebook post parodying Ho Chi Minh

HANOI, Vietnam — School authorities in Vietnam have suspended an eighth-grade student for one year after she posted a parody of a speech by revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh on Facebook.

State-controlled media said Tuesday that the girl’s post used language from a famous speech by Ho Chi Minh in 1946 appealing for resistance against French colonialists.

The post joked about never having to take exams again....

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