The Ministry of Communications and Information declared [1] in 2022 that the number of the country’s internet users had exceeded 72 million people, accounting for roughly 72% of the total population. With tens of millions of people on the net, the Southeast Asian country ranked the 13th largest internet user in 2022. Vietnam joined the global network in November 1997.

However, as Vietnam grew more interconnected with the world and its tech-savvy youth became increasingly active on social media, the government imposed regulations on what its citizens could say and write on the internet.