In 2024, Education for Nature Vietnam detected 206,927 instances of live animals and wildlife products being advertised for sale on Facebook.

Together with the ministry’s website and its Facebook page, the Zalo page is an official information channel of the public security force on the cyber environment, with the function of informing and popularising the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws, and the MPS's regulations on ensuring security, order, and building the people's public security force.

In a video posted on the Rody Duterte Facebook page, the former president said he told the police and military to just do their job and he will take responsibility for everything.

Fraudulent accounts on Facebook caused 718 million THB ( 20.2 million USD) in damage in the past year in Thailand, according to Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Digital Economy and Society Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong.

The Authority of Information Security (AIS) under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) and Meta - the parent company of Facebook have launched the “Identifying Scams” campaign in Vietnam for 2024.

Singaporean authority registered 9,783 e-commerce scam cases in 2023, more than doubling the 4,762 cases in 2022, according to a report issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs on April 10.

The Department of Information Security under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has warned of the continued prevalence of online scams after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Hung Yen province's Department of Public Security said on January 30 that its Investigation Security Agency has launched criminal proceedings against and arrested a local man for the charge of "making, storing, distributing, or disseminating information, documents, and items against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam" under Article 117 of the Penal Code.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has launched “Lang So” (Digital Village) e-handbook at //langso.dx.gov.vn and //www.facebook.com/lang.so.mic to help communities promote digital economy and digital society from the grassroots level, contributing to the country's digital transformation process.

Online shopping and hunting for promotional items has become a habit of many people, especially Gen Z, or individuals born in the mid-90s.

With the help of technology, scammers tricked Vietnamese out of an average 391.8 trillion VND (16.23 billion USD), or 3.6% of the nation’s GDP in 2023, according to the report “The State of Scams in Vietnam” by the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA).

The Vietnam Youth Federation (VYF) Central Committee and Google jointly organised a forum on information safety on cyberspace for young people and the elderly in Hanoi on November 30.

Foreign service providers paid more than 9 trillion VND (367.15 million USD) in tax through the online portal serving taxpayers engaging in e-commerce and business activities in the first nine months of this year, according to the General Department of Taxation.

Indonesia has banned goods transactions on social media platforms to rein in direct sales on major platforms which are said to harm millions of small businesses, according to Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his entourage visited Silicon Valley and major technology companies of the US and the world there on September 18 afternoon (local time).

The appeal trial of the People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City on August 22 upheld a sentence of one year and six months in prison for a woman for “abusing the right to freedom and democracy to violate the interests of the State, the rights and legitimate interests of organisations and individuals.”

Information technology (IT) applications and digital platforms are seen as breakthrough measures for Ninh Binh province to attract more visitors and develop tourism into a spearhead economic sector.

Social media is rapidly taking over the e-commerce sector in Cambodia with almost all local businesses promoting their services using social media platforms, a latest market report has revealed.

In the time ahead, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) will coordinate closely with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to manage the cross-border distribution of cultural products and deal with wrongdoings on the cyberspace.

Each youth union member or young person in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang has upheld their role as a pioneer in digital transformation.