Towards Transparency Co., Ltd., has been fined 25 million VND (1.087 US dollars) after posting a map wrongly depicted Vietnam's Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands on its internal website.

A range of new policies will come into effect this month, including fines of up to 20 million VND  (about USD849) for  people found spreading fake news on social media sites.