Enterprises established under Vietnamese law must have functions, tasks, or registered business sectors that are consistent with the services and information that have been registered on the National Portal for Business Registration.

Personnel: For personnel responsible for managing information content: At least one person responsible for managing information content must be a Vietnamese citizen or a foreigner with a temporary residence card issued by a competent authority with a remaining validity of at least 6 months in Vietnam at the time of application; there must be a department responsible for managing information content.

For technical personnel: The technical management department must have at least one person who meets the requirements for managing the website network and information security and safety skills.

Domain names:

Domain names registered to establish social networks must meet the following conditions:

• The character string forming the domain name must not be the same as or identical to the name of a press agency;
• Use at least one “.vn” domain name and store information on a server system with an IP address in Vietnam;
• Social networks of the same enterprise must not use the same domain name with the same character string (including secondary domain names, for example: forum.vnn.vn, news.vnn.vn are domain names with different character strings);
• Domain names must comply with regulations on the management and use of Internet resources. For international domain names, there must be confirmation of legitimate domain name use.

Technique: The technical equipment system must meet the following requirements:

• Store the user account information, login and logout times, IP addresses of the user, and information processing logs for at least two years;
• Receive and process warnings of violation information from users;
• Detect, alert, and prevent unauthorized access, network attacks, and comply with cybersecurity standards;
• Have a backup plan to ensure safe, continuous operation and recovery in case of incidents, except in cases of force majeure as prescribed by law;
• At least one server system must be located in Vietnam, allowing for inspection, examination, storage, and provision of information on all social networks owned by organizations and enterprises at any time;
• Perform registration and store personal information of members, including Full name; Date of birth; Identity card/citizen’s identity card/passport number, date of issue, place of issue; Phone number, and email address (if any). In case an Internet user is under 14 years old and does not have an identity card/citizen’s identity card/passport, the legal guardian shall decide to register the legal guardian’s personal information in accordance with the provisions of this clause to demonstrate permission and bear legal responsibility for such registration;
• Implement user authentication through messages sent to the phone number or email address when registering for the service or changing personal information;
• Block or remove information that violates the provisions of Article 5.1 of Decree 72/2013/ND-CP upon request from the competent state management agency;
• Establish a mechanism to warn members when posting content that violates the regulations (filter).

Implement measures to ensure information security, cybersecurity, and information management

• There is an agreement to provide and use appropriate social network services which is posted on the social network’s homepage;
• Ensure that users must agree to the agreement to use social network services online to be able to use the services and utilities of the social network;
• A coordination mechanism must be in place to remove content that violates prohibited acts within no later than 3 hours of self-detection or upon request from the Ministry of Information and Communications or the licensing authority (in writing, by phone, or by email);
• Implement measures to protect the confidentiality of user’s personal information;

Ensure users’ right to decide whether to allow the collection of their personal information or to provide it to other organizations, businesses, or individuals.

Procedures

Applications for licenses can be submitted directly, by post, or online to the Ministry of Information and Communications (Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information).

Within 30 days from the date of receipt of a valid application, the Ministry of Information and Communications shall review and issue a license in accordance with Form No. 26 of Appendix I attached to Decree 72/2013/ND-CP. In case of refusal, the Ministry of Information and Communications shall issue a written reply stating the reasons.

People

Nguyen Thi Hoa (Ms.)

Partner

Hoang Thi Lien (Ms.)

Partner

Bui Minh Hoang (Mr.)

Partner

Nguyen Thanh Tu (Mr.)

Partner

Nguyen Hoang Hong Anh (Ms.)

Junior Associate

Nguyen Thi Thien Thanh (Ms.)

Senior Counsel

Nguyen Thi Khanh Tam (Ms.)

Business Development Executive

Ngo Thi Thuy Dung (Ms.)

Administrator Officer

Nguyen Khanh Duy (Mr.)

Paralegal

Tran Nguyen Loc Quy (Mr.)

Paralegal

Le Thi Bich Loan (Ms.)

Paralegal

Tran Pham Tuong Van (Ms.)

Legal Intern

Dao Tuong Vy (Ms.)

Legal Intern

Jordan Rose Paranihi (Ms.)

Legal Intern

Daniel Aaron Holroyd (Mr.)

Legal Intern