24-08-2018 08:00
The Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department is sending out tax notices to individuals making millions of US dollars from Facebook, Google, and other foreign technology platforms running in Vietnam.
16-08-2018 10:21
A young man from the central province of Quang Nam reportedly showed up at the provincial tax department on Tuesday to pay his long overdue income tax from alleged income of US$700,000 he generated from Google from 2014-17.
02-08-2018 11:00
The HCM City tax department said it has served a tax notice and slapped a fine on an individual together amounting to VND4.1 billion (US$178,000) for failure to pay tax on incomes received from foreign companies in the last two years.
24-07-2018 10:14
Google parent Alphabet shares lifted on Monday (Jul 23) on a stronger-than-expected earnings report for the past quarter, as the tech giant's results eased concerns over huge fines imposed by the European Union for antitrust actions.
20-07-2018 10:23
President Donald Trump lashed out on Thursday (Jul 19) after Brussels hit US tech giant Google with a record fine a day earlier, and warned he would no longer allow Europe to take "advantage" of the United States.
19-07-2018 09:00
Google faced a record EU fine Wednesday (Jul 18) for using its Android smartphone system to illegally boost its search engine, in a ruling that risks a fresh clash between Brussels and Washington.
21-06-2018 16:58
The Law on Cybersecurity coming into effect in early 2019 will slap taxes on Facebook and Google as well as bring them under the supervision of Vietnamese authorities. However, the two companies have yet to express intention to establish representative offices in Vietnam.
19-06-2018 09:20
Wall Street stocks mostly fell on Monday (Jun 18) as worries about rising trade tensions between the US and China offset gains by petroleum-linked companies.
13-06-2018 15:16
A court cleared the way for a rare defamation action against Google on Wednesday (Jun 13) after a man claimed the global internet giant published material linking him to Australia's criminal underworld.
12-06-2018 23:57
Facebook and Google will have to install servers in Vietnam from January 1, 2019 as the Law on Cybersecurity comes into effect.
08-06-2018 10:00
Google announced Thursday (Jun 7) it would not use artificial intelligence for weapons or to "cause or directly facilitate injury to people," as it unveiled a set of principles for the technologies.
01-06-2018 19:05
Facebook and Google are not likely to leave Vietnam over the issue of installing servers in the country as they are making bank on Vietnamese users’ demand for their services.
01-06-2018 12:07
The clause on requiring foreign enterprises to install servers in Vietnam was struck out from the draft Law on Cybercecurity at the on National Assembly session despite the increasing number of attacks on Vietnamese computer systems and networks as well as Facebook and Google’s long years of tax evasion.
14-05-2018 21:46
Three giant mobile operators (Viettel, MobiFone, and Vinaphone) halted payments via phone cards for domestic digital content and online games, creating inequality as foreign application stores, specifically Google Play Store, still allow people to use phone cards for in-game payments.
10-05-2018 10:32
Google said on Wednesday (May 9) it will pause all adverts related to the Irish referendum on abortion to be held later this month - the day after Facebook announced a similar move.