Internet censorship in Vietnam
Vietnam (VN) · · Atom
3
Censorship Score
Level
freeRisk Tier
T2HighTrend
− stableGlobal Rank
#38Incidents
—Overview
Vietnam filters political content and restricts some social media. Censorship is targeted at dissent.
Evidence provenance
No evidence records attached to this country yet. Once probes or upstream alerts fire, attribution appears here.
7-Day Risk Forecast
Predictive AIMachine learning prediction of censorship risk based on historical patterns and political events. Calibrated 2026-05-20 via isotonic refit on 810 live outcomes. See drivers + similar past events →
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ML Intelligence
Atlas models · 2026-05-21Composite signals from Voidly Atlas's ML model suite — censorship intensity, contagion follow-risk, expected shutdown duration and behavioral peers. Model changelog →
Expected shutdown duration
~5days
If a critical shutdown occurs · IQR ±2d
Try-first circumvention tool
Tor · anonymity-network · 70% probe success (partial)
Recent Incidents
No incidents recorded for Vietnam.
ISPs in Vietnam
Known blocked services
Facebook (partial)Some news
Recommendations
- Use Voidly VPN
- Enable encrypted DNS
- Use secure messaging
Data
Measurements948,115
Blocked count42,347
Block rate4.5%
Last updated2026-08-13
API endpoint
/data/country/VNProtocol breakdown
930K
Web
9K
Telegram
9K
WhatsApp
Frequently asked questions about censorship in Vietnam
Q01Is the internet censored in Vietnam?
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Voidly classifies Vietnam as free (censorship score 3/100, risk tier 2: High). Vietnam filters political content and restricts some social media. Censorship is targeted at dissent.
Q02What websites are blocked in Vietnam?
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Recent measurements show blocking or interference for: Facebook (partial), Some news. The block-rate across all measured domains is 4.5% over 948,115 samples. Live per-domain status: https://api.voidly.ai/v1/accessibility/check?domain={domain}&country=VN.
Q03How does Vietnam's censorship compare globally?
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Vietnam ranks #38 on the Voidly Global Censorship Index. The current trend is stable — no significant change in block rates.
Q04What blocking methods are used in Vietnam?
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Voidly's pipeline detects DNS poisoning, TCP-RESET, blockpage injection, TLS-RESET / SNI-based blocking, and ASN-level outages. The exact method per domain is in each evidence permalink (https://api.voidly.ai/data/incidents?country=VN). Methodology: https://voidly.ai/methodology.
Q05How fresh is the data for Vietnam?
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Voidly probes Vietnam every 5 minutes from 37+ global probe nodes. Upstream OONI, IODA, and CensoredPlanet feeds refresh every 6 hours. The country snapshot was last regenerated 2026-08-13.
Q06How can I check if a specific website is blocked in Vietnam?
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Three options. (1) REST: GET https://api.voidly.ai/v1/accessibility/check?domain=twitter.com&country=VN. (2) MCP: npx @voidly/mcp-server, then call check_domain_blocked with domain="twitter.com" country="VN". (3) CLI: npx @voidly/cli check twitter.com VN. All three return current status, blocking method, and evidence permalinks.
Q07Can I use a VPN to bypass censorship in Vietnam?
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Use Voidly VPN Enable encrypted DNS Use secure messaging The full per-country recommendation list is on this page below.
Q08How do I cite Voidly's data on Vietnam in a paper or article?
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Use the BibTeX or RIS export at https://voidly.ai/cite/VN (also linked from the Citation section below). Permanent incident IDs (e.g., VN-2026-NNNN) are issued for every confirmed event. License: CC BY 4.0 — credit Voidly Research and link back.
Cite this data
Voidly Research. (2026). Vietnam Censorship Profile. https://voidly.ai/vn
License: CC BY 4.0 — free to use with attribution.