Thanh Niên (Vietnamese: Báo Thanh Niên "Young People[1]'s Newspaper") is a Ho Chi Minh City-based newspaper in Vietnam. It was the second most circulated newspaper in Vietnam in 2009, with an average circulation of 300,000.[2]Thanh Niên News is released daily in Vietnamese language. Thanh Niên is an official organ of the Vietnam United Youth League (Hội Liên hiệp Thanh niên Việt Nam) and mainly focuses on social affairs, especially those that involve the youth. The newspaper announced the closure of its English language website, which was known as Thanh Niên News, on September 16, 2016, citing company reorganization.[3]
Before its closure, the English edition went through several rebranding. It began as Thanh Niên Weekly and became Vietweek on January 6, 2012.[4] When Vietweek ceased print publication, the name of the website, Thanh Niên News, took over.[5][6]
^Thanh Nien Weekly to become VietweekArchived 2013-03-08 at the Wayback Machine 3 Jan 2012 "Change is afoot at Thanh Nien Weekly, the English language publication of Thanh Nien, the leading newspaper in Vietnam by circulation. We are changing our name to Vietweek from January 6, 2012."