Netflix, the American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service, has stopped advertisements and distribution of games on its apps, Apple AppStore and Google Play Store in Vietnam, following a request from a Vietnam watchdog agency.

The Authority of Broadcasting, Television and Electronic Information has sent an official letter to Netflix, requesting its compliance with Vietnam’s legal regulations on providing online gaming services.

The Cinema Department of Vietnam has requested Netflix Vietnam and FPT Telecom JSC removing series of the Chinese movie Flight To You as the movie contains scenes of the nine-dash line, violating Vietnam’s sovereignty.

"A Tourist's Guide to Love" - a Hollywood movie filmed mostly in Vietnam – has ranked first on the global Top 10 of Netflix.

Picturesque scenes of the nation in the recent film “A Tourist’s Guide to Love” by Rachael Leigh Cook are being featured on a billboard in Times Square in New York in the United States as part of a promotion campaign taking place around the world.

International and local cast and writer of A Tourist’s Guide To Love reunited in HCM City on April 20 to celebrate the film’s release.

Streaming platform Netflix moved to take down episode 1 of the documentary “MH370: The Plane that Disappeared” on the evening of April 13 due to inaccurate content about Vietnam.

Netflix is carrying out procedures with the Ministry of Planning and Investment to establish its representative legal entity in Vietnam.

The General Department of Taxation has sent an official dispatch requesting Netflix to fulfill its tax declaration and payment obligations in accordance with Vietnamese tax law.

Netflix’s recently announced film “A Tourist’s Guide to Love” is set to commence filming soon, with popular local star Truc Tran and Meritorious Artist Le Thien joining the cast.

Vietnamese users were surprised when they were redirected to Netflix.com when they tried to access phimmoi.net, a website that provides pirated movies.

Over the past 12 months Netflix has been found to stream movies and TV shows with content that violates Vietnam’s territorial sovereignty when providing services to users in the country.

The tax authority will coordinate with commercial banks to manage taxes with cash flow in and out of digital platforms such as YouTube, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Netflix arising from transactions in Vietnam, including from individuals.

Foreign pay television service suppliers have earned thousands of billions of Vietnamese dong in the local market, but have failed to comply with Vietnam’s laws,

Domestic pay-TV providers today have to compete fiercely with cross-border platforms such as iQIYI and Netflix.

Territories are subject to different tax rates by Steam, but Vietnam is not included, although this platform has subsidized Vietnamese users since 2017.

Netflix has cut some scenes in the movie "Put Your Head on my Shoulder" that contains false information about Vietnam’s sovereignty.

The Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information under the Ministry of Information and Communications has requested Netflix to review and remove movies and TV programs with content that violates the sovereignty and laws of Vietnam.

Authorities of the central city of Quang Nam have requested to suspend the broadcast of an American series aired on Netflix in which Hoi An was dubbed a Chinese landmark.