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Filmmakers want classification to replace censorship

Filmmakers want classification to replace censorship

Filmmakers have called for classifying movies based on viewers’ ages instead of censoring them or prohibiting their screening.
Vietnam should ban films with 'law-breaking' themes: national defense committee

Vietnam should ban films with 'law-breaking' themes: national defense committee

A major general has proposed films that promote "law-breaking" behavior or themes of selfishness and unpunished crimes should be banned in Vietnam.
September 15, 2021 | 12:02 am PT
Prolonged nudity sees Berlinale winner banned in Vietnam

Prolonged nudity sees Berlinale winner banned in Vietnam

The Cinema Department on Monday decided to ban the award-winning film 'Vi' (Taste) by Le Bao for nudity.
July 13, 2021 | 01:31 am PT
Producers fined for entering 'Vi' at Berlin film festival without certification

Producers fined for entering 'Vi' at Berlin film festival without certification

The producers of the award-winning film 'Vi' (Taste) have been fined for entering it in the Berlin International Film Festival in March before it was certified.
May 17, 2021 | 11:06 pm PT
Caprice, opaqueness mark Vietnam movie censorship

Caprice, opaqueness mark Vietnam movie censorship

Vietnamese producers often struggle to release their movies due to the arbitrary and capricious nature of the National Film Evaluation Council.
November 1, 2019 | 01:27 am PT
Cinema department head demoted for oversight on 'Abominable' nine-dash line

Cinema department head demoted for oversight on 'Abominable' nine-dash line

Acting director of the Cinema Department, Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, has been demoted for letting China’s infamous nine-dash line appear in Vietnamese cinemas.
October 28, 2019 | 04:39 pm PT
142 illegal games removed from Apple, Google app stores in Vietnam

142 illegal games removed from Apple, Google app stores in Vietnam

Vietnamese authorities have been working with Apple, Google and Facebook to remove unauthorized online games providing cross-border services.
July 16, 2019 | 07:38 pm PT
Microsoft says Bing search engine blocked in China

Microsoft says Bing search engine blocked in China

Microsoft Corp’s Bing search engine has been blocked in China, making it the latest foreign technology service to be shut down behind the country’s Great Firewall.
January 23, 2019 | 10:19 pm PT
The artless art of censorship in Vietnam

The artless art of censorship in Vietnam

Clueless cultural czars are stunting Vietnamese creativity with arbitrary stances on what art should and should not be.
October 25, 2018 | 06:13 pm PT
Vietnam needs to embrace its history fully

Vietnam needs to embrace its history fully

Our history is riddled with ‘gaps’ of missing info, and we are to blame.
June 28, 2018 | 07:25 pm PT
China gives 'subversive' Peppa Pig the chop

China gives 'subversive' Peppa Pig the chop

The BBC children's cartoon, introduced in the mid-2000s in China, has become extremely popular.
May 1, 2018 | 01:54 am PT
Asian push to crack down on 'fake news' sparks alarm

Asian push to crack down on 'fake news' sparks alarm

Government heads are using the mantra of 'fake news' to shield themselves from negative media coverage.
April 19, 2018 | 11:06 pm PT
Vietnam cuts domestic server requirement for foreign firms from cyber-security bill

Vietnam cuts domestic server requirement for foreign firms from cyber-security bill

The bill still requires tech giants such as Google and Facebook to store Vietnamese users' data in the country.
January 10, 2018 | 07:45 pm PT
China closes more than 13,000 websites in past three years

China closes more than 13,000 websites in past three years

State media says these shut-downs are gov't efforts to clean up cyberspace.  
December 24, 2017 | 06:00 am PT
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