On March 01, 2018, the Government of Vietnam issued Decree No. 27/2018/NĐ-CP on amendments to Decree No. 72/2013/NĐ-CP on management, provision and use of internet services and online information.
According to regulations on conditions for technical aspects of news websites and social networking sites of Decree No. 27/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, there is a notable regulation of Point e Clause 1 Article 23c, specifically as follows:
According to the above regulation, from the effective date of this Decree, social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. must ensure to have at least 1 domain name system (DNS) server in Vietnam if they want to operate in Vietnam.
Decree No. 27/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government takes effect from April 15, 2018.