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Vietnam's domestic film piracy problem underlines the country's wider copyright problem
In Vietnam widespread concerns about piracy have been reflected in the mass copying of the film "Red Rain" ( Mưa Đỏ ). This is the 2025 Vietnamese epic historical war drama adapted from a novel about the Second Battle of Quảng Trị in 1972, a fierce and protracted battle in the Vietnam War. The film was released for free streaming on Vietnamese TV platform TV360. However within hours it was illegally copied, edited, and re-uploaded to many Vietnamese-language websites. TV360

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