10 contents banned from posting on Facebook according to the Cybersecurity Law of Vietnam

In particular, Facebook users need to be careful not to post contents related to the following issues:

1. Distortion of history, denial of revolutionary achievements, undermining national solidarity, blasphemy, discrimination by gender or race.

2. Provision of false information for the purpose of causing public confusion or economic loss, obstructing regulatory bodies or law enforcers, violating lawful rights and interests of other organizations and individuals.

3. Posting pornographic or criminal information; damaging Vietnam’s good traditions, social ethics or public health.

4. A piece of information in cyberspace will be considered propaganda against the government of Socialist Republic of Vietnam if it:

- slanders or defames the people's government;

- is used for psychological warfare; provokes war of aggression; causes discrimination against or hostility towards a race, religion or country;

- offends the people or desecrates the national flag, national anthem, political leaders, honored people or national heroes.

5. A piece of information in cyberspace will be considered provoking riots or disturbing the peace if it:

- persuades, encourages, deceives, threatens people or causes discrimination for the purpose of armed activities or use of violent force to oppose the people's government.

- encourages, deceives, threatens or persuades people to participate in public gathering intended to cause disruption or oppose law enforcers or obstructs operation of an organization, thus threatening public order and security.

6. A piece of information in cyberspace will be considered humiliating or slandering if it:

- seriously harms another person’s dignity or honor;

- is fabricated to harm another person’s dignity or honor or violate lawful rights and interests of another organization or individual.

7. Information in cyberspace that is meant to commit violations against regulations of law on economic management includes:

- Fabricated or false information about products, goods, money, bonds, treasury bills, checks and other financial instruments;

- Fabricated or false information about finance, banking, e-commerce, electronic payment, foreign exchange, capital raising, multi-level marketing, securities.

8. State-secret information, work secrets, business secrets, family secrets and privacy in cyberspace against the law.

9. Contents advertising or trading in banned goods/services.

10. Intellectual property and copyright infringement in cyberspace.

Legal basis: Articles 8, 16, 17, 18 of the Cybersecurity Law 2018 of Vietnam.

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