Nghe An: Fined 50 million VND for electronic news site and requested to stop operation of 3 electronic news sites

Through monitoring and supervision, the Inspectorate of Nghe An Department of Information and Communications discovered that 3 electronic information sites: http://nghean24h.info; http://halovinh.com.vn; xunghetoday.com do not have a License to establish a general electronic information site. In particular, the website xunghetoday.com shows signs of self-producing news and articles that are not in the business's field of operation, operating as an electronic newspaper.

Information pagenghean24h.infofined 50 million dong. Screenshot

The Inspectorate of the Nghe An Department of Information and Communications used professional measures to identify the owners of each website. At the same time, it worked with the owner of the general website http://nghean24h.info. At the meeting, the unit that set up the general website was fully aware of the violation and committed to strictly complying with the provisions of the law during its operation.

Realizing that the motive and purpose of the unit establishing the general electronic information page http://nghean24h.info was only to further support the production and business activities of the unit, the Inspectorate of the Department of Information and Communications proceeded to impose an administrative penalty for the act of "DesignEstablishing a general information website without a license" prescribed in Clause 5, Article 20 of Decree 119/2020/ND-CP with the amount of 50 million VND.

Inspector of Nghe An Department of Information and Communications discovered the information pagehalovinh.com.vnviolating the law. Screenshot

Regarding the two websites: http://halovinh.com.vn; http://xunghetoday.com, because the domain name registrants have addresses in Hanoi city and Khanh Hoa province, the Department Inspectorate has advised the Nghe An Department of Information and Communications to transfer the file to request the local Department of Information and Communications to handle according to their authority.

In addition to handling violations according to its authority, the Department Inspectorate also advised the Nghe An Department of Information and Communications to issue a document requesting the Vietnam Internet Center to temporarily suspend operations of the above 3 domain names.

Inspector of Nghe An Department of Information and Communications discovered the information pagexunghetoday.comviolating the law. Screenshot

In the coming time, the Inspectorate of Nghe An Department of Information and Communications will further strengthen the monitoring and supervision of electronic information sites in the area and electronic information sites that publish information about Nghe An to advise the Department of Information and Communications on more effective and strict management solutions. That process will strictly handle electronic information sites that violate the law, contributing to a healthy network environment.