The appeal trial of the People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City on August 22 upheld a sentence of one year and six months in prison for a woman for “abusing the right to freedom and democracy to violate the interests of the State, the rights and legitimate interests of organisations and individuals.”
Fraudulent accounts on Facebook caused 718 million THB ( 20.2 million USD) in damage in the past year in Thailand, according to Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Digital Economy and Society Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong.
The Authority of Information Security (AIS) under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) and Meta - the parent company of Facebook have launched the “Identifying Scams” campaign in Vietnam for 2024.
Singaporean authority registered 9,783 e-commerce scam cases in 2023, more than doubling the 4,762 cases in 2022, according to a report issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs on April 10.
The Department of Information Security under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has warned of the continued prevalence of online scams after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.
Hung Yen province's Department of Public Security said on January 30 that its Investigation Security Agency has launched criminal proceedings against and arrested a local man for the charge of "making, storing, distributing, or disseminating information, documents, and items against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam" under Article 117 of the Penal Code.
The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has launched “Lang So” (Digital Village) e-handbook at https://langso.dx.gov.vn and https://www.facebook.com/lang.so.mic to help communities promote digital economy and digital society from the grassroots level, contributing to the country's digital transformation process.
With the help of technology, scammers tricked Vietnamese out of an average 391.8 trillion VND (16.23 billion USD), or 3.6% of the nation’s GDP in 2023, according to the report “The State of Scams in Vietnam” by the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA).
The Vietnam Youth Federation (VYF) Central Committee and Google jointly organised a forum on information safety on cyberspace for young people and the elderly in Hanoi on November 30.
Foreign service providers paid more than 9 trillion VND (367.15 million USD) in tax through the online portal serving taxpayers engaging in e-commerce and business activities in the first nine months of this year, according to the General Department of Taxation.
Indonesia has banned goods transactions on social media platforms to rein in direct sales on major platforms which are said to harm millions of small businesses, according to Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his entourage visited Silicon Valley and major technology companies of the US and the world there on September 18 afternoon (local time).
Information technology (IT) applications and digital platforms are seen as breakthrough measures for Ninh Binh province to attract more visitors and develop tourism into a spearhead economic sector.
Social media is rapidly taking over the e-commerce sector in Cambodia with almost all local businesses promoting their services using social media platforms, a latest market report has revealed.
In the time ahead, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) will coordinate closely with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to manage the cross-border distribution of cultural products and deal with wrongdoings on the cyberspace.
Each youth union member or young person in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang has upheld their role as a pioneer in digital transformation.
According to statistics, as of January 2023, India is the country with the highest number of Facebook users in the world with nearly 315 million people, while Vietnam ranks 7th with more than 66 million users.
Malaysian government said on June 23 it will take legal action against Facebook parent company Meta Platforms (META) for failing to remove "undesirable" posts, the strongest measure the country has taken to date over such content.