The paper was technically owned by François-Henri Schneider, since only a Frenchman could obtain a license to publish a newspaper,Understanding Vietnam - Page 71 Neil L. Jamieson - 1995 The actual owner and publisher of all three publications was M. Francois Henri Schneider. Only a Frenchman could obtain a license to publish a newspaper. M. Schneider owned another, more successful, newspaper in Saigon, News of the ... but behind him stood the industrialist Gilbert Trần Chánh Chiếu,Charles Keith Catholic Vietnam: A Church from Empire to Nation 2012- Page 143 "Chiếu's interest in reforming the economy and administration in Cochinchina led him to the editorship of two influential non-Catholic quốc ngữ newspapers, Nông Cổ Mín Đàm and Lục Tỉnh Tân Văn, where he published articles criticizing" in 1908 arrested as a secret backer and organizer of the independence movement.The Birth of Vietnamese Political Journalism: Saigon, 1916-1930 - Page 248 Philippe M. F. Peycam - 2012 "The newspaper shared its editing team with the Six Provinces Gazette (Lục Tỉnh Tân Văn), also led by Gilbert Trần ... The Lục Tỉnh Tân Văn was founded in 1907 by François-Henri Schneider and Pierre Jeantet but inspired by Gilbert Chiêu."Nghia M. Vo - Saigon: A History - Page 92 2011 "In May 1907, Châu made connections with the Saigon middle class, especially Trần Chánh Chiêu or Gilbert Chiêu, editor of the Saigon quốc ngữ newspaper Lục Tỉnh Tân Văn (News of the Six Provinces—that is, South Vietnam) and the most "
