“Hot scenes” which are not appropriate to Vietnamese culture still appear on some TV channels, commented the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

A scene from “Tell Me You Love Me”.

Assessing the implementation of the Cinema Law in the past two years, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said that some Vietnamese television stations didn’t cut such scenes in foreign movies screened in foreign channels like HBO, Cinemax, and Movie Star.

The scenes asked to be cut by the Ministry’s film censorship council when they were introduced at box offices were not cut when they were screened on TV. Some movies that were not allowed to go to cinemas were introduced on TV.

The audience of HBO in Vietnam might get shocked with very sexy scenes in a movie entitled “Tell Me You Love Me.” This film is flooded with nude and sex scenes. Many critics said that this movie is like a gentle sex movie.

Why are hot scenes not cut from movies on TV?

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said that it is responsible for censoring movies screened at box offices while the Ministry of Information and Communications covers movies on TV.

The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Hoang Tuan Anh, said while waiting for the law being amended the two ministries will better combine themselves in movie censorship.

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