Vietnam's growing legions of Facebook users fear that the country's communist government might be blocking the popular social networking Web site, which has become difficult to access over the past few weeks.
越南日益增長的面書網站用戶，正擔心該國的共產黨政府可能會阻斷這個流行的社交網站；過去幾週，網站已變得難以進入。
Facebook has more than 1 million users in Vietnam, and the number has been growing quickly since the company recently added a Vietnamese language version of the site.
面書網站在越南已經有超過百萬用戶，自從該公司近日推出越南語版本，這個數字已迅速成長。
Over the last week, access to Facebook has been intermittent in the country, whose government tightly controls the flow of information. The severity of the problem appears to depend on which Internet service provider a customer uses.
過去一週中，面書網在越南的連線情況變得斷斷續續，越南政府控制資訊流通歷來嚴格。這個問題的嚴重程度似乎取決於客戶使用哪一家網路服務供應商。
technicians at two of Vietnam's largest Internet service providers said they had been swamped with calls from customers complaining they could not access Facebook during the last week.
兩家越南最大的網路服務供應商技術人員說，過去一週，無法上面書網站的客戶抱怨排山倒海而來。
A technician at Vietnam Data Corp. said government officials had ordered his firm to block access to Facebook and that VDC instituted a block on the site Nov. 11.
一名越南數據公司技術人員說，政府官員已下令他的公司將面書網站斷線，越南數據在11月11日對該網站斷了一次線。
However, Vu Hoang Lien, the firm's top executive, said, "I don't know anything about that."
不過，越南數據的最高管理人員說：「這事我一點也不知道。」
Word of the access problems has not yet filtered back to Facebook 's headquarters in Palo Alto, California, said Debbie Frost, a company spokeswoman.
該公司發言人黛比弗斯特表示，連線問題的話還沒有傳回面書網站設在加州帕洛艾托的總部。
"We would be very disappointed if users in any country were to have difficulties accessing Facebook," she said.
她說，「任何國家的用戶如果難以上面書網站，我們都會很失望。」
Most Facebook users in Vietnam utilize the site to communicate with friends and family, and to expand their social network, sharing photos, Internet links and blogs.
大多數面書網的越南用戶以之與親友溝通，並擴大他們的社會網絡，共享照片、網路連結和部落格。
Earlier this year, Vietnam's government tightened restrictions on blogging, banning political discussion and restricting postings to personal matters. Police have arrested several bloggers for writing about politically sensitive subjects.
今年早些時候，越南政府加強對部落格的限制，禁止討論政治，限制張貼私人事務。警方已經逮捕了幾個撰寫政治敏感話題的部落格作家。
Some tech-savvy Facebook fans have found ways around access problems by readjusting their Web browsers to a different configuration. They have been sharing instructions for doing so online.
The Facebook problems have also frustrated tourists and expatriates living in Vietnam.
"Having the site blocked with no official warning is a huge personal inconvenience to me," an expatriate living in the capital, Hanoi, told The Associated Press. He declined to give his name for fear of government reprisal.
一些懂技術的面書網迷已經找到了繞道方法，將他們的網路瀏覽器調整為另一個配置。他們一直在線上分享這樣做的指示。
面書網的問題也令觀光客和住在越南的外籍人士沮喪。
「沒有正式警告就封鎖這個網站，對我個人是極大的不便。」一名住在首都河內的外籍人士對美聯社說。他拒絕透露姓名，因為擔心政府報復。
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