Hanoi Information and Communications Department has fined a Facebook user for posting fake news about social distancing measures.

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has produced versions of its song on fighting fake news in 13 additional languages, bringing the total versions to 15.

False health advice, such as eating chicken eggs or marjoram to prevent infection, as well as fabricated information about infected and quarantined people are posted every day to garner hundreds of likes and shares. 

The Prime Minister has asked ministers and heads of ministry-level agencies, chairpersons of the people’s committees of centrally-run cities and provinces, within their authority, to focus on directing, guiding, inspecting, promptly discovering

A Facebook user has been fined VND12.5 million (US$530) for spreading fake news, incorrectly claiming a COVID-19 patient had died in Vietnam.

A Vietnamese Facebook influencer has been summoned by police for posting unverified information about the COVID-19 pandemic.

A rapid response unit is working with social media firms to take down misleading or harmful content.

Hanoi police have warned the public not to share unconfirmed information about Covid-19 that causes confusion in the community.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has dismissed speculation on social media that city authorities are poised to announce a total lockdown across the city to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Experts have warned that so-called virus protector cards advertised online offer no protection against the SARS-CoV-2 (covid-19).

Since Vietnam reported its 17th COVID-19 case on Friday night in a woman who returned from a trip to Europe, fake news and rumours have spread like wildfire on social media. 

The HCMC Department of Information and Communications has imposed a fine of VND12.5 million on Luong Hoang Anh for her inaccurate Facebook post suggesting that Ly Son Island garlic is contaminated with pesticides.

A representative from the World Health Organization wants tech firms to fight fake news on coronavirus.

Three artists have been fined VND10 million ($435) each for spreading false information about the coronavirus epidemic on Facebook.

Police in the southern province of Binh Duong has fined a local woman (USD521.73) for spreading fake news about a plane crash on her Facebook account.

Fake news on the internet is posing major challenges to Vietnam’s national construction and defense destabilizing national politics, and eroding people’s trust in the Party. Government agencies are taking steps to deal with this fake news.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 19 asked the press offices to manifest their core values of providing verified news and intensify the fight against fabrications as well as fake news.

 Facebook says it will not remove fake news from its platform because it does not violate its community standards.

 Researchers at Indiana University have developed a new tool that shows how fake news and unverified stories spread through social media.

Facebook Inc said it will introduce tools to prevent fake news stories from spreading on its platform, an about-face in response to rising criticism that it did not do enough to combat the problem during the U.S. presidential campaign.