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Vietnam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appear After 5 Seconds - Saigoneer (saigoneer.com)
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As Phụ Nữ reports, Vietnam recently announced Decree No. 342, which details a number of provisions to the national Advertising Law, due to take effect from February 15, 2026. The adjustments are expected to place stricter control on Vietnam’s online advertising activities to protect consumers and curb illegal ads.

Amongst the decree articles, some standout stipulations include a hard cap on the waiting time before viewers can skip video and animated ads to no more than 5 seconds. Static ads must be immediately cancellable.

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[–] 3 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I guess the alternative is locking their people out of Youtube by effectively banning it. Even this is a gutsy move TBH.

It's the same deal when "how is it that you're paying taxes if you're a libertarian"?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (3 children)

    That's not what I mean - A lot of libertarians support the notion that taxation is theft, but they DOESN'T make them tax evaders. Every year on April 15th they had to file their taxes to the IRS (because obviously it's better than NOT filing them).

    What I was trying to ask is if Vietnam supports communism (which calls for the abolition of money, among other things), how do they allow advertising? China did the same thing.

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