Steam Store down in Vietnam?

[onwithsean]

I can't access the Steam Store from Vietnam. It used to work fine. But over the past day or so I can't access it. I have a PC connected to my router with ethernet. I have a MacBook Air on WiFi. I can't access the Steam Store from either. Same thing happens when I try from my iPhone with WiFi off and 3G turned on.

Help! I want to play Wizard with a Gun. It's only free for another day or so.

[Chompman]

Vietnam decided to ban steam:

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/4362376335340911703/

[LemonXide]

On May 7th, 2024. the digital game distribution platform Steam was blocked by most major Vietnamese ISPs, with many users reports an inability to access the storefront. Speculations on the reasoning behind the block was due to government officials "finding solutions to prevent cross-border services from reaching Vietnamese users" on grounds of "releasing games without permissions" (source: Wikipedia - Internet censorship in Vietnam)

[onwithsean]

Thank you Chompman and LemonXide.

But...

Is there anything I can do besides getting a VPN?