Internet censorship in Vietnam

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Internet censorship in Vietnam is implemented in the country, according to a 2009 report from Reporters Without Borders.^[1] Vietnam regulates its citizens' Internet access using both legal and technical means. The government's efforts to regulate, monitor, and provide oversight regarding Internet use has been referred to as a "Bamboo Firewall".^[2]

The OpenNet Initiative classified the level of filtering in Vietnam as pervasive in the political, as substantial in the Internet tools, and as selective in the social and conflict/security areas in 2011,^[3] while Reporters without Borders consider Vietnam an "internet enemy".^[1][4]

According to a 2006 report by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University while the government of Vietnam claims to safeguard the country against obscene or sexually explicit content through its blocking efforts, most of its filtering efforts are aimed at blocking sites with politically or religiously sensitive materials that might undermine the Communist Party and the stability of its one-party rule.^[5] Amnesty International reported many instances of Internet activists being arrested for their online activities.^[6]