Ministry Survey Shows Only 8.2% of Homes Have Internet

A survey published by the Ministry of Information and Communications yesterday reveals that the rate of households nationwide connected to the internet is a low 8.2 per cent. Read More »

Desensitized Youth Post Parodies of Teen Triple-Murderer

Two months after the arrest of the gold shop murderer in Bac Giang province, Vietnamese netizens have turned the teenage killer of three people into a sort of celebrity, in various forms of parodies. Read More »

Teens Using Mobile Phones for Strip Shows & Sex Chat

The development of mobile internet services have made it easier for young people to use their mobile phones to access pornography and sex chats. Read More »

Concerns Over Teen ‘Sex Chat’ in Vietnam

Vietnam is coming to terms with the dark side of greater global internet interaction as ‘sex chat’ becomes increasingly common. Read More »

Sex and Politics Top Vietnamese Curiosity: Wikipedia

This year, Wikipedia, the popular Internet encyclopedia celebrates its 10th birthday. To commemorate this occasion, we take a look at the top 101 Vietnamese-language articles from the past month, December 2010… Read More »

Why is Facebook so popular in Vietnam?

Over the past year, Facebook has grown immensely in popularity both inside Vietnam, as well as around the world. There are now between 1 and 2 million Facebook users in Vietnam alone, with the global count at 500 million (as of July 2010)… Read More »