During the Vietnam War, Vietnam was divided into two parts: North and South. North Vietnam was a communist state while South Vietnam was led by a non-American pro-American government Communist. After the war, Vietnam once again became a county. Today the government functions similarly to that of a communist country, but is called the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. It has many rules and regulations that make accessing Internet sites much more difficult than in our country. In Vietnam, there are many restrictions on some websites on the Internet, mainly because their government is power-hungry and does not want its users to post negative content. things about them. The Internet is the best place for people to chat and protest against the government without getting caught. It is in the Vietnamese government's interest to keep this information away from the people so that there is no riot or protest that could cause the fall of the government. The Vietnamese government wanted to put an end to all rebellious comments and articles; therefore they have banned some major websites such as Facebook, Google and other Internet companies. Their government has these websites censored and essentially “patrol” the Internet to make sure none of the Vietnamese are breaking the laws. Another big blocked website is YouTube. It is limited but not as strictly as in China. It's blocked mainly because of the government problem, but they don't want people to watch too many videos and fill the network. Furthermore, there are many other sites that the authorities have blocked. These include newspapers, foreign blogs and human rights. The government keeps track of pages visited. They mainly track sites written in Vietnamese and dealing with issues related to...... middle of paper ......Very popular in Vietnam, they are strictly regulated. Bar owners are required to install government-provided monitoring software that tracks the sites visited by each user. Bar managers must also keep each patron's ID card information so it can be officially checked. All this is important to know because in America we have excessive freedoms and soon it could all be taken away. Any website and article dealing with government power or religious discourse can be taken from us. Compared to other countries, the United States has many freedoms that should not be taken for granted. Overall, Internet access in Vietnam is monitored, but there is also some freedom. There is freedom to access smaller social media sites along with sites that do not contradict government power or citizens' rights.