ABSTRACT
The official governance of the virtual world is thwarted by the quantity and interdisciplinary usage of social media, which is the ultimate advantage to creative communities seeking avenues to share critical opinion. Challenging and interpreting the diverse intangible and tangible structures of everyday reality are common cultural phenomena across the globe, from stockbroker to journalist, from spiritual healer to scientist, and from visual artist to activist; however, attempting to understand the tangible, physical context of a country such as Vietnam is a heavily controlled, corrupt, and bureaucratic practice. In general, the artistic community seemed not surprised by the censorship of the exhibition that was announced online, the recurrence of such repressive mandate considered typical and standard. The government is most concerned with how Vietnamese define 'Vietnam' as a nation and society; thus, the activities carried out and communicated within Vietnam, on- and offline, particularly in the Vietnamese language, are of largest concern.
