# Internet connectivity disruption in Vietnam

**Country:** 🇻🇳 Vietnam (VN)
**Date:** 2026-08-23
**Type:** Mixed
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** active

## Summary

IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Vietnam. 46 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 75%
- Measurements (stored incident count; not the qualifying evidence count): 46
- Anomaly Rate: 23.3%

## Evidence

- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Bến Tre
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Hau Giang
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Trà Vinh
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Vĩnh Long
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Lạng Sơn
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Tuyên Quang
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Yên Bái
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Hòa Bình
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Hải Dương
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Hải Phòng
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Nam Định
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Bắc Giang
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Gia Lai
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Lâm Đồng
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Bình Định
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Quảng Ninh
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Cà Mau
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Hồ Chí Minh city
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Kiên Giang
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Long An
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Cao Bằng
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Hà Giang
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Đông Nam Bộ
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Bình Thuận
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Đà Nẵng
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Thừa Thiên - Huế
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Quảng Trị
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Quàng Nam
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Kon Tum
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Đắk Nông
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 75%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Tiền Giang
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Bình Dương
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 75%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Ninh Thuận
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Khánh Hòa
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Thái Bình
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Phú Thọ
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Vĩnh Phúc
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Bắc Ninh
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Ha Noi
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Thanh Hóa
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Lai Chau
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Thái Nguyên
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Đông Bắc
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Điện Biên
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Tây Ninh
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA entity dashboard (observation-day parameters; not one measurement)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/VN?from=1787443200&until=1787529600)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for chat.openai.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for chatgpt.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for claude.ai
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for gemini.google.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for getlantern.org
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for google.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for huggingface.co
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for instagram.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for medium.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for nytimes.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for openai.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for protonvpn.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for psiphon.ca
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for reddit.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for signal.org
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for substack.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for telegram.org
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for theguardian.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 17/17 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tiktok.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tumblr.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 4/4 probes anomalous (100.0%) for twitter.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for whatsapp.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for youtube.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)

## What we cannot say

- **Who caused it** — measurement data alone does not attribute the interference to any government, ISP, or other actor.
- **Intent** — anomalous or unreachable measurements indicate interference, not a stated motive or a deliberate-vs-incidental determination.
- **Sub-national scope** — measurement is aggregated at the country level; we cannot localize to a province, city, or network segment.
- **Independent corroboration** — multiple qualifying evidence source labels do not establish target/time agreement or source independence.

## Data Sources

censoredplanet, ioda

These source labels come from qualifying linked evidence. Historical incident source labels and quarantined observations are excluded; multiple labels alone do not establish independent corroboration.

## Citation

Voidly Research. (2026). Internet connectivity disruption in Vietnam [VN-2026-0960]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/VN-2026-0960

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-10-11*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: VN-2026-0960*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/VN-2026-0960*