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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.

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha has instructed state management agencies to increase the monitoring of information on social networks and media, especially online newspapers.

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 phone rings all day inside the small room at 35 Tran Phu street in Hanoi’s Ba Dinh district.

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.

Thailand will spend 128.5 million THB (3.8 million USD) acquiring software to strengthen the government’s ability to monitor social networks, a move that sparked protests from activists and opposition parties.

Facebook Messenger users can now book taxis by using the social network.

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.

The Vietnam International Motor Show (VIMS 2017) will be held at the Saigon Exhibition Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City from October 25-29.

Thai authorities have given Facebook a four-day deadline to remove 131 remaining web pages violating the Thai law, or face legal actions of the Government.

Google has blocked 1,500 clips with bad contents posted in Youtube out of a list of 2,300 such clips provided by Vietnamese authorities.

Social network for French teachers launched in Vietnam

Malaysia public universities have rolled out measures to prevent the influence and inducement of the self-claimed “Islamic State” (IS) on students.

Online shopping in Vietnam has seen a dramatic rise in recent years.

The annual "Vietnam Information Security Day" took place in Hanoi on December 1, focusing on solutions to increasing cyber-attacks aimed at large corporations worldwide.