"There are still legal gaps on personal data protection that need to be filled in in the coming time," Dr. Chu Thi Hoa, deputy director of the Institute of Legal Sciences (Ministry of Justice) told VietNamNet.

In recent years, trading of personal information has been rampant in Vietnam.

More and more privacy infringement cases have been reported recently, but some victims of the cases are not even aware of their privacy rights.

The recent data leak of 17GB worth of information of Vietnamese citizens posted on the Raidforum site for sale by hackers, shows the enormity of a serious situation accounting to loss of information privacy and security. 

Many Zalo users are sharing posts regarding their claims about the right to use personal data. They do not want Zalo to collect and use personal images and data when they use this social network.

Vietnamese Facebook users have the habit of publishing their personal information, which has lent a hand to automatic programs to collect users’ information.

 Facebook says an overhaul of its privacy tools will make it easier for people to find and edit the personal information the company holds.

The National Assembly (NA) yesterday discussed the draft law on Personal Information Protection during the ongoing 10th session of its 13th tenure.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Tuyet of HCM City was taken aback one day when many of her friends asked her about a party she planned to attend two weeks later.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The General Statistics Office (GSO) will hold a mid-decade population and housing census throughout the nation beginning in April.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The personal information of hundreds of thousands of businesses and businessmen has been offered for sale on Internet for just VND700,000.