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This was emphasized by Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung when answering the question of delegate Nguyen Tam Hung about solutions to improve the effectiveness of management and control of content on cross-border digital platforms, at the question-and-answer session on the afternoon of November 12.
The Minister affirmed that Vietnam is a country with sovereignty and laws in cyberspace, requiring foreign enterprises doing business in Vietnam to comply with Vietnamese laws.
In recent times, the Ministry of Information and Communications has made efforts to implement many solutions and achieved very positive results such as increasing the response rate for removing harmful and false information from 10-20% in 2018 to over 95%, and the response time from 48 hours previously down to 24 hours and 12 hours.
In special cases, the Ministry has handled and responded to remove bad and toxic information within just 2 hours, and permanently removed pages and accounts if there are serious violations.
The Minister also emphasized that social networking platforms must automatically scan and remove information that violates universal, clearly defined laws such as gambling, prostitution, affecting children, trading in prohibited goods, terrorism, etc. and can also identify the violators.
In particular, many major social networks have cooperated with the Ministry of Information and Communications in propaganda against fake news and online scams, promoting the image of Vietnam abroad and complying with Vietnamese laws in contracts with customers.
"In addition, social networks have paid taxes in Vietnam for 2.5 years. We have collected over 20,000 billion VND, an increase of about 6 times compared to previous years. This is a very positive sign," said the Minister.
Regarding the inspection, examination and sanctioning of advertising violations, the Minister admitted that there have been many violations in advertising recently. Although the Ministry has increased inspection and examination, the resources of inspection and examination agencies are still limited. Therefore, if all ministries, branches and localities participate in handling advertising in their fields, the effectiveness will be multiplied many times, helping to significantly reduce false advertising.
On the side of the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Minister also said that the Ministry will organize training for inspection and examination agencies, ministries, and local sectors related to advertising in the digital environment. In particular, the main solution to limit false advertising requires the participation of the entire political system, ministries, localities, units, and individuals. That is, in real life, what we manage, we will manage in cyberspace.
The Ministry of Health must intervene in the issue of false advertising of drugs and functional foods. The Ministry of Industry and Trade must intervene in controlling advertising, counterfeit goods, fake goods, and poor quality goods...
Currently, in terms of institutions and enforcement, the Minister once again emphasized that we can absolutely require digital platforms, social networks, and cross-border advertising platforms to enforce Vietnamese laws. If they do not comply, we also have the conditions, technology, and infrastructure to prevent and stop these platforms from operating.
