Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen, deputy director of the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information, told a consultation conference in Hanoi on July 23 that the provisions were added to tighten oversight and protect children online.
Accounts belonging to under-16s would have to be registered using a parent's or guardian's information. That adult would then be responsible for supervising the content the child sees and the time they spend on the platform.
"A child's account, under the supervision of parents or guardians, can only view content. It cannot post, interact, comment or share," Huyen said.
Children's accounts would default to the highest privacy setting. Platforms would have to block harmful content on their own initiative and deploy automated age-detection systems.
They would also have to coordinate with authorities on reporting mechanisms and pass on urgent information when they detect child abuse online.
