US EditionVietnam Orders Messaging App Telegram to Be Blocked, Government Document Shows
- Vietnam's Ministry of Science and Technology ordered telecom providers to block the Telegram app on May 21, 2025, citing illegal activities conducted through the platform.
- The ban followed Telegram's failure to comply with Vietnamese regulations requiring cooperation in removing law-violating content, notably under Decree 147 and the Telecommunications Law.
- Authorities reported that nearly 70 percent of 9,600 local Telegram channels and groups spread anti-state documents, engaged in fraud, drug trafficking, and suspected terrorism-related cases.
- Telegram, which has nearly one billion users worldwide, expressed surprise and said it is processing the government's request, with a response deadline set for May 27, 2025.
- The blocking order highlights Vietnam’s tight control over online information and marks Telegram as the first encrypted messaging app targeted for a nationwide ban due to alleged non-cooperation.
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Bangkok PostVietnam orders messaging app Telegram to be blocked
Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology has instructed telecommunication service providers to block the messaging app Telegram for not cooperating in combating alleged crimes committed by its users, according to local news agencies Vietnam News and Vietnam Pictorial. According to the reports, the Department of Cybersecurity and High-Tech Crime Prevention and Control, which claimed that up to 68% of 9,600 Telegram channels and groups in Viet…
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