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How Vietnamese ‘Putinistas’ are spreading disinformation about Ukrainians | The Conversation

In March 2022, a Vietnamese Facebook post accused Ukrainians of slandering late president Ho Chi Minh, the founding father of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Tifosi, a pro-state blogger and one of the most influential ā€œnetizensā€ in Vietnam with a massive following, alleged that Ukraineā€™s 24TV and the Pravda news outlet had called Ho Chi Minh a dictator who killed millions for his ā€œBolshevik ambition.ā€

Tifosiā€™s Facebook post also claimed these news outlets represented the official view of the Ukrainian government and suggested that the Ukrainian peopleā€™s fight against the Russian invasion was therefore not worthy of support.

The post led to a flood of angry comments attacking Ukrainians and the Ukrainian government on the official Facebook page of the Ukrainian embassy in Vietnam, prompting the embassy to publish an explanatory video a few days later.

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Source: How Vietnamese ā€˜Putinistasā€™ are spreading disinformation about Ukrainians | The Conversation