The country is seen as an emerging e-commerce “dragon.” But it’s also one of the most restrictive.
By Timothy McLaughlin March 16 at 5:07 PM HONG KONG — When Vietnam’s government took offense at a game on Google’s app store in which a player could battle characters named after the country’s political figures, the tech behemoth caved.
Controls on Internet content and government demands for greater oversight of foreign tech firms are a growing trend in Asia. Unlike China, which blocks access to entire websites and has created its own Internet giants, Vietnam has opted to slowly ratchet up its regulations governing tech companies. “It was an inspiring meeting,” Paine said. “Unfortunately, it was short-lived, because in June when this law came out there were a number of concerns that industry had. I would say this law is the was probably the biggest challenge for many tech companies in 2018.”
Bkav, a Vietnamese cybersecurity firm, reported that computer viruses caused $642 billion worth of damage in the country last year and that 1.6 million computers suffered data loss. Between December 2010 and June 2016, the company received five requests for content removal from the government. In 2017, it received 67. Between January and June 2018, the latest available data, it fielded an additional 49 requests, the highest number over a six-month reporting period to date.
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