Vietnam should ban films with 'law-breaking' themes: national defense committee

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A screen shot shows actor Viet Anh playing a character in the gangster world-depicting drama series "The Arbitrator".

 

A major general has proposed films that promote "law-breaking" behavior or themes of selfishness and unpunished crimes should be banned in Vietnam.

 

Major General Le Tan Toi, head of the National Defense and Security Committee of the legislative National Assembly, on Tuesday suggested the idea at a meeting regarding a draft of the Law on Cinematography, saying a particular term of the law should include such prohibitions.

 

Films with themes that promote unpunished crimes, people living selfishly and make it look too realistic, may influence movie watchers, derail their thinking and encourage them to replicate such behavior, he claimed.

 

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