Tuesday, September 15, 2020 18:18
Tran Van Duy has been fined 12.5 million VND (545 USD) for posting fake news about COVID-19. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Hanoi Department of
Information and Communications has issued an administrative fine on Tran Van
Duy from Hoang Mai district, born in 1982, for posting fake news online, department
director Nguyen Thanh Liem has said.
Duy, the owner of the Facebook account
“Ha Noi Pho” (https//www.facebook.com/hanoiphotv),
spread a video of Hanoi streets on May 4 entitled “Hanoi streets quiet on the
first day of lockdown”.
After studying the information, department inspectors found
it was incorrect and violated regulations stipulated in Article 5 of Government