On 10 May 2013, Winner of the 2013 Netizen Prize, Chenh and his daughter were stopped at Ho Chi Minh City airport as they were about to board a flight to the United States to collect the award. Chenh's blog is very popular in Vietnam although it is blocked by the authorities and can be accessed only by using censorship circumvention software. Reporters Without Borders has described it as "an example to follow" in a country where freedom of information is openly flouted.