Among the countries studied - Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam - Vietnam was shown to have the lowest penetration rate (66%) for social networking.
This figure was however a great improvement over the 49% reported for 2009. Nguyen said Vietnam’s lifting of its Facebook ban in 2010 probably contributed toward the increase.
Malaysia’s social networking penetration improved 10% last year to stand at 91%, while Hong Kong’s improved 8% last year to 76%. Singapore’s penetration rate stood relatively stable, up just 1% to 81%.