Tuổi Trẻ ("Youth") is a major daily newspaper in Vietnam, publishing in Vietnamese from Hồ Chí Minh City. It was originally a publication of the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Organization (Vietnamese: Đoàn Thanh niên Cộng sản Hồ Chí Minh) of Hồ Chí Minh City, and while it is still the official mouthpiece of that organization, it has grown to become the largest newspaper in the country. As of 2007 its daily circulation is 450,000.[1]
The printed newspaper includes: Tuổi Trẻ daily, weekly Tuổi Trẻ Cuối Tuần, bi-monthly Tuổi Trẻ Cười. Online versions includes: a Vietnamese version Tuổi Trẻ Online and an English version Tuoi Tre News.
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Tuoi Tre Newspaper was officially established on September 2, 1975. However, its precursor was propaganda leaflets issued by students and pupils in Saigon during their anti-American movements in the Vietnam War.
In its early stage, Tuoi Tre circulated tri-weekly. On September 1, 2000, it started to issue one more on Friday. From April 2, 2006, it became a daily newspaper.
Its headquarters is located on 60A, Hoàng Văn Thụ street, Ward 9, Phú Nhuận District, in the urban area of Ho Chi Minh City and not so far from Tay Son Nhat International Airport. Tuoi Tre has 8 representative offices in Hanoi at 72A Thuy Khue street, Nghệ An, Huế, Da Nang, Qui Nhơn, Nha Trang, Da Lat, and Cần Thơ.
Described as "pro-reformist" by the BBC,[2] the newspaper had run into trouble with the communist authorities several times. In May 1991, its editor in chief was sacked when the paper ran an article suggesting that Ho Chi Minh might have been married.[3] In 2000, it commissioned a survey among Hồ Chí Minh City youths that found out that Bill Gates is more admired than Hồ Chí Minh. This resulted in the published copies being destroyed by state censors and the three editors harshly sanctioned.[4][5].