Vietnam is preparing to block access to Telegram, accusing the popular messaging app of allowing the spread of illegal content and failing to meet local regulatory requirements, Bloomberg reported.

Vietnam is the 35th country to block Telegram since 2015. China, Iran, Iraq, Oman, and Mozambique are just some of the countries where Telegram is currently unavailable.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications has instructed domestic telecommunication service providers to block access to the messaging platform Telegram, citing the app’s alleged ...

HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam's technology ministry has ordered telecommunication service providers to block the messaging app Telegram for not cooperating in combating alleged crimes committed by its ...

The Ministry of Technology of Vietnam has instructed telecommunications companies to block the Telegram messenger due to its refusal to cooperate in the investigation of crimes that, according to ...

Telegram further said that has been unblocked in Vietnam. Vietnam's Ministry of Science and Technology had issued an order to ban Telegram in May this year.

Before Telegram’s recent problems, institutions like the Kremlin and figures like Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had been among the messaging app’s 200 million users.

HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam's technology ministry has ordered telecommunication service providers to block the messaging app Telegram for not cooperating in combating alleged crimes committed by its ...