On the morning of October 22, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a workshop to collect opinions on the Draft Regulations on Cultural Conduct in cyberspace.
The workshop acknowledged many comments from delegates, experts, and business representatives on some specific contents of the draft and proposed solutions so that when issued, the code of conduct will receive support and focus on implementation.
Accordingly, People's Artist Xuan Bac - Director of the Department of Performing Arts - affirmed: "This draft of the Code of Cultural Conduct in cyberspace is correct and very necessary, especially in the period when cyberspace activities are booming as they are now.
After being approved, it is very important that we promote it so that network users know, understand and implement it".
He expressed his support for encouraging social media users to register with real names and real information, to minimize fake accounts that specialize in spreading bad rumors, defaming or attacking others. Because many people have become victims of cyber attacks.
People's Artist Xuan Bac commented that the things that the Code has provided are quite complete, because they have been separated and specifically summarized from current laws such as the Press Law, the Advertising Law, or the regulations in Decree 144 on performing arts activities - all of which are aimed at regulating the behavior of individuals and organizations in this field.
The regulations on service providers and the content are very noteworthy in the draft.
According to Director Xuan Bac, currently, there are many large and reputable companies but there are sub-channels and small channels that release offensive, exaggerated, and misunderstanding content.
"We can immediately see images and titles of some skits that make viewers misunderstand the problem. It is not only a negative impact, but also an act of deliberately creating misunderstandings to attract viewers. With this, I think there should be stricter regulations, tying down responsibilities more clearly for content providers", People's Artist Xuan Bac emphasized.
"Now anyone can be a director, actor, or editor in cyberspace. Since its presence in Vietnam, TikTok has created a huge impact, spread rapidly and had many positive impacts. However, in some aspects, we are still missing issues that need to be controlled," he analyzed.
Vietnam has about 78 million social media accounts, mainly accounts on foreign social media platforms provided to Vietnam such as Facebook, TikTok and YouTube.
According to statistics in January 2025, the total number of regular user accounts of the top 20 major social networks in the country is about 110 million, Facebook, YouTube is 138.5 million.
Previously, Decree 147 on management, provision and use of the Internet and online information was issued by the Government, effective from December 25, 2024.
Accordingly, social media accounts must be authenticated by mobile phone number or personal identification number to be allowed to operate, post (writing, commenting, livestreaming, sharing information...).
Account authentication will help authorities easily monitor, detect and handle violations in cyberspace.
