VPNs are big because Vietnam is big on censorship. Not nearly to the scale of China, but a lot of popular websites are or have at some point been blocked, so people get used to finding ways around the censorship, which then also lends itself to doing the same for media.
Are you sure it’s VPNs and not just what it has been for decades - piracy?
VPNs are big because Vietnam is big on censorship. Not nearly to the scale of China, but a lot of popular websites are or have at some point been blocked, so people get used to finding ways around the censorship, which then also lends itself to doing the same for media.
That said, piracy is also very popular there.