Vietnam: Confronting the Surge in Online Scams With over 70 million internet users, two-thirds of its population, Vietnam’s rapid digital growth has fueled e-commerce, digital finance, and social networking. Yet between 2022 and 2024, while the online population grew by 14%, reported scam cases surged by 70%. Fraud spans brand impersonation to AI-driven deepfakes, with more than three-quarters of…