Farewell thy naked model photos– in Vietnam that is

Ngu Yen/Thanh Nien News

Vietnam is going one step further to restrict nudity content with a new rule that will ban models and winners of beauty contests from taking nude photos and publishing them online.

A model checks her make-up backstage before during the 2015 Kuala Lumpur Fashion week. (Photo: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images)

The rule, which will take effect on May 15, has been introduced by the culture ministry. It also goes as far as prohibiting “offensive clothes that expose sensitive body parts.”

Those violating the rule will face working ban and have their beauty titles stripped.

Vu Khanh, chairman of Vietnam Association of Photographers, said artists have been taking nude photos all the time.

“Nudity is not encouraged in Vietnam, but it has never been banned.”

An official from the fine arts department at the culture ministry dismissed the rule as “a violation to personal freedom” which will affect both photographers and models.

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