Is Vietnam Blocking Facebook?

By: Jillian C. York on 18 November 2009
Posted in Vietnam, Asia, IP blocking

According to an AP report, access to Facebook in Vietnam has been intermittent over the past week, with many users fearing a government block.

Facebook has over 1 million users in Vietnam, a considerable amount in a country with 22 million Internet users total, or about 25% of the total population.

The social media site is among the most filtered sites in the world; Syria, Iran, China, and Saudi Arabia all currently block Facebook.

The ban in Vietnam was reported on Twitter as early as November 10: