Microsoft in Vietnam

Techrights covered Microsoft's behind-the-scenes negotiations and lobbying in Vietnam, owing primarily to Cablegate.

2010

 * Bill Gates’ ‘Foundation’ is Lobbying Vietnam’s Leadership to Derail Migration to Software Freedom, Puts Money Together With Microsoft

2011

 * Cablegate: Microsoft Rushes Vietnam to Get Rid of Open Source, Including FOSS Policy
 * Cablegate: US Sees Microsoft as Helping to Impose Intellectual Monopolies in Vietnam
 * Microsoft Strikes Back In Vietnam (Leaked)
 * Cablegate: In Vietnam, BSA+IDC+Microsoft Assure Microsoft Lock-in in Exchange for Indoctrination

2014

 * Indian FOSS Policy Still Focused on Free/Libre Software, But in Vietnam the Population Sprayed by ‘Agent Microsoft’