FILE PHOTO: An internet user browses through the Vietnamese government's new Facebook page in Hanoi December 30, 2015.
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's government has ordered technology firms to store their users' data locally and set up local offices, its latest move to tighten cybersecurity rules.
The new rules, issued in a decree on Wednesday, will apply to social media companies like Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Meta's Facebook, and telecommunications operators, and will take effect on October 1.
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