The ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) generally views the media as a tool for the promotion of party and state policy, and authorities often intervene directly to either place or censor content. The CPV’s propaganda and training departments control all media and set press guidelines. Calls for democratic reform, religious freedom, and land rights, as well as criticism of relations with China, are the issues that most commonly attract official censorship or retribution. Journalists are occasionally permitted to report on corruption at the local level, as it serves the interests of the party’s national anticorruption platform, but open criticism of the state is not tolerated. Due to the threat of dismissal or legal action, many journalists engage in self-censorship.