Vietnam Times had the pleasure to talk to some outstanding expat artists of the Hanoi Art Connecting - a networking program for the international art community in Vietnam. Their exhibitions will be held at VCCA until the end of May 2022.

International social networks such as Youtube and Facebook can only provide livestream functions for accounts that have registered with Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).

With a developing economy and a population of over 97 million in 2020, Vietnam is a promising market for e-commerce.

Following Australia federal government's news media code that forces Facebook to pay publishers for the news content that surfaces on its platform, the company decided to restrict Australian users to sharing news content and ban news in Australia. After several days of discussion between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Australia's treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, the company on Monday announced an end to the standoff, bringing news back to its platform.

On March 5 afternoon, in Hanoi, Ministry of Information and Communications and Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs together signed a cooperating program on protecting children from the internet.  

Abuse of social networks to post or share false information will carry fines of 10 million – 20 million VND (430 – 860 USD), according to a decree recently issued by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.