Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung said that Vietnam has currently licensed nearly 1,000 social networks, with the combined number of users equal to or higher than social networks such as Facebook, TikTok...
Non-compliant social networks may be shut down
On the morning of November 12, questioning Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung, delegate Tran Thi Thu Hang (Dak Nong delegation) raised the issue of misleading, even fraudulent, and illegal advertising, mainly on the internet and often associated with e-commerce.
Delegate Tran Thi Thu Hang (Dak Nong delegation) questioned the Minister of Information and Communications.
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At the same time, cross-border advertising is widespread, causing harm to the rights and legitimate interests of many individuals and organizations and can harm national security, social order and safety.
Ms. Hang asked Minister Nguyen Manh Hung to provide solutions for organizing and implementing existing laws to overcome the above-mentioned shortcomings and limitations.
Responding to delegates, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung stated that currently, whatever sectors and levels manage in real life must be managed in cyberspace, there is no other way.
"When violations are discovered that need to be identified and prevented, the Ministry of Information and Communications has all the tools to do this," said Mr. Hung.
According to the Minister of Information and Communications, cross-border platforms, even those without a representative in Vietnam, must comply with Vietnamese laws when doing business in Vietnam. "If they do not comply, we have the capacity to stop all operations," Minister Nguyen Manh Hung emphasized and affirmed, "each household must manage its own part for cyberspace to be healthy."
Mr. Hung compared that cross-border business platforms in Vietnam are like markets. "You, the market owner, have to clean up the market, which means you have to clean up yourself. In order for them to clean up themselves, the responsibility of relevant agencies, ministries, and sectors is to clearly define which advertisements violate the law. When clearly defined, the Ministry of Information and Communications will require these platforms to develop tools to scan and self-remove, and this is their responsibility," Mr. Hung analyzed.
Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung answers questions from delegates
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Digital space is still new to many people.
Delegate Nguyen Duy Thanh (Ca Mau delegation) said that the situation of fake news and false news on social networks causes confusion, creates negative consequences, and angers the public and society, while fiercely competing with mainstream press in terms of both information and revenue.
"Minister, please tell us, in your role as state manager, what plans do you have to manage social networks?", a delegate asked.
Responding to delegates, the Minister of Information and Communications said that managing social networks to combat fake news and false information is not only a Vietnamese problem but a global one. Regarding solutions, the first thing is to perfect the institutions.
Mr. Hung said that previously, regulations only dealt with individuals using social networks when they posted false information or fake news. "In a new decree signed less than a week ago, we have raised the issue of dealing with social platforms when they violate the law," Mr. Hung informed.
Another solution, in the past we thought a lot about this being the responsibility of state management, but in fact the big responsibility should be towards social platforms.
"They have their own space, they have their own subscribers, not just a few, tens of millions, hundreds of millions or billions of users. Therefore, they must be responsible for scanning, detecting, and automatically removing false information and bad, toxic information," he said.
At the same time, Mr. Hung said that humans have lived in the real world for tens of thousands of years but there are still many problems, so the digital space is only 10-20 years old and is still new to many people, and adaptation takes time. Therefore, the head of the information and communication industry said that it is necessary to strengthen communication and education to help people resist in the digital space, improve their ability to recognize and avoid false information.
Delegate Nguyen Minh Tam (Quang Binh delegation) asked Minister Nguyen Manh Hung to let him know when the strategy to develop Vietnam's social network will become a reality.
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Vietnam licenses nearly 1,000 social networks
Regarding social networks, delegate Nguyen Minh Tam (Quang Binh delegation) recalled that when he was acting minister, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung stated that without a digital ecosystem, Vietnam's social networks would not have the power to negotiate with Google and Facebook. They will continue to disobey Vietnamese laws, while we do not dare to cut off services.
Believing that this is a great and very correct strategy to ensure independence and competition with giants like Google, Facebook, YouTube, especially ensuring national cybersecurity sovereignty, the Quang Binh delegation asked Minister Nguyen Manh Hung to let them know when this strategy will become a reality, solving the problem of limiting the influence of giants like Facebook, Google and allowing our Vietnamese social networks to develop.
Responding to delegates, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung admitted that when he was just acting Minister, he said he did not have real power and it was difficult to negotiate. According to Mr. Hung, social networks have two sides, one is very positive because people can exchange information and people can also do business on it.
"If we don't have an alternative social network, can we ban it? If we have an equivalent social network in hand and have power in hand, our influence in the negotiation process with foreign social networks will be better," he analyzed.
Regarding the development of social networks in Vietnam, he said that Vietnam has currently licensed nearly 1,000 social networks, including about 20 large networks.
"The total number of users of Vietnamese social networks today is equivalent to and higher than that of major social networks such as Facebook, YouTube, TikTok... Not to mention that we have also developed 38 other national digital platforms to serve other activities. If we count the 38 on this platform that have come into operation, our number of users will be even larger," said Mr. Hung.
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