--- title: Vietnam wants under-16s to keep their accounts, just not... description: Vietnam's culture ministry has drafted a decree that would allow users under 16 to keep their social media accounts but prohibit them from posting, commenting,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/vietnam-wants-under-16s-to-keep-their-accounts-just-not-post-on-them-o0mmruytl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Vietnam wants under-16s to keep their accounts, just not post on them | daily.dev og:description: Vietnam's culture ministry has drafted a decree that would allow users under 16 to keep their social media accounts but prohibit them from posting, commenting,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/vietnam-wants-under-16s-to-keep-their-accounts-just-not-post-on-them-o0mmruytl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/O0mmrUytL.png og:image:alt: Vietnam wants under-16s to keep their accounts, just not post on them og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Vietnam wants under-16s to keep their accounts, just not post on them **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Vietnam's culture ministry has drafted a decree that would allow users under 16 to keep their social media accounts but prohibit them from posting, commenting, or reacting. Platforms would be required to verify ages and register child accounts using parent or guardian details, while parents would be responsible for supervising usage. The draft also caps gaming for under-16s at 60 minutes per day per company. The proposal is less restrictive than Australia's outright ban but raises similar enforcement questions around age verification — a challenge that has undermined comparable rules in other countries. France and the UK are also pursuing their own restrictions, placing Vietnam within a global wave of child social media regulation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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