With over 78 million internet users and 73.3% of the population using social networks, Vietnam possesses an ideal environment to drive the development of a robust digital ecosystem and a thriving tourism technology sector.
Tributes have streamed in over social media soon after the Vietnam News Agency issued a special communiqué, announcing that Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong passed away at 1:38 pm on July 19, 2024, at the Central Military Hospital 108 in Hanoi.
Social network TikTok has been granted an e-commerce business licence by the Indonesian Ministry of Trade, the country’s Minister of Communication and Information Budi Arie Setiadi said on September 21.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) on June 22 introduced its account on Viber platform as a new channel for holidaymakers to access official information and recommendations about the country's tourism.
Jeel Dz TV – an Arabic-language digital TV channel of Algeria, on February 19 broadcast an hour-long programme on Vietnam, spotlighting the traditional friendship between the two countries.
Hanoi’s “One Commune, One Product” (OCOP) products will be promoted on TikTok under a new agreement signed between the Hanoi Office of New Rural Development Programme Coordination and the popular video-sharing social networking platform on August 31.
The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City on April 18 sentenced 12 defendants to imprisonments of between 3-13 years on the charge of conducting acts aiming at overthrowing the people’s administration.
Authorities have been working together to deal with fake news, which has grown in concern during the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. Fake news is proliferating due to the gullibility and irresponsibility of social media users around the country.
The central city of Da Nang and Facebook on July 31 kicked off a partnership programme on enhancing disaster response and digital capacity, the first of its kind sealed between Facebook and a Vietnamese locality.
The creation of a healthy and safe information environment will contribute positively and effectively to protecting and maintaining political and social stability, and will serve as a foundation for Vietnam’s sustainable development.
Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan received Damian Yeo, head of legal and regulatory affairs for Facebook in the Asia Pacific region, in Hanoi on January 11.
The People’s Court of Ha Tinh province on November 27 sentenced Nguyen Van Hoa, born in 1995, a resident of in Ky Khang commune, Ky Anh district, to seven years’ imprisonment for conducting propaganda against the State.
Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan emphasised the importance of the mainstream media in orienting the currents of right information on social networks during a Q&A session at the 14th National Assembly’s ongoing fourth session on November 17.
The Vietnam Online Marketing Forum 2017 came to Hanoi on August 17, aiming to boost online marketing and e-commerce in Vietnam and introduce the latest digital marketing trends to businesses.
Social network users could face fines of up to 50million VND (2,200 USD) if they violate regulations in a draft decree proposed by the Ministry of Information and Communications.
Mekong Delta enterprises were updated on the latest trends of e-commerce at a forum held in Can Tho on May 26, and engaged in networking to seek sales opportunities and partnerships.
