Ambassador Nguyen Minh Vu laid stress on the significance of the Hanoi Convention, particularly to the Asia – Pacific, to handling legal gaps in international cooperation against rapidly increasing global cybercrime.
Deputy Minister Hang highlighted Vietnam’s role in hosting the signing ceremony for the Hanoi Convention, a new UN treaty on cybercrime, scheduled for October 25-26 in Hanoi.
The diplomat affirmed that the signing ceremony, slated for October in the Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi, is not merely a formal signing event, but also conveys a message of international cooperation in combating this type of crime, as well as providing an opportunity for international friends to better understand Vietnam, and its culture, and people.
In response to this situation, Vietnam has issued various policies, legal frameworks, programmes, and important action plans to combat human trafficking and illegal immigration, and implemented comprehensive preventive and enforcement measures, demonstrating a firm commitment to eliminating this type of crime and contributing to the goal of “protecting human security.”
Vietnam is committed to ensuring that the upcoming signing ceremony of the UN Convention against Cybercrime in Hanoi will serve as a meaningful forum to promote the implementation of the convention and strengthen global cooperation in combating cybercrime.
The final draft of the executive decree on measures for the prevention and suppression of technological crimes would be completed by the end of this month and published in the Royal Gazette, replacing the current decree issued in 2023.
Thailand is set to implement a new law this month, aimed at curbing online fraud by holding telecom firms and financial institutions more accountable for victims' losses.
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on December 24 adopted the UN Convention against Cybercrime, a landmark global treaty aimed at strengthening international cooperation to combat cybercrime and protecting societies from digital threats.
The recent increase in personal data theft and fake websites has caused property damage to individuals, businesses and even websites managed by state agencies and organisations.
The United Nations (UN) Ad Hoc Committee on Cybercrime’s adoption of a draft UN convention against cybercrime on August 8 holds much significance to Vietnam, said Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu.
Vietnam welcomes the UN Ad Hoc Committee on Cybercrime’s adoption of the draft UN Cybercrime Convention as an important first step for the UN General Assembly to consider and adopt it, said Nguyen Minh Vu, Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam.
Thai Minister of Digital Economy and Society Chaiwut Thanakhamanusorn has proposed an ASEAN committee be set up to focus on fraud prevention from call centre gangs.
Chairman of VinGroup Pham Nhat Vuong is not in the list of people banned from traveling abroad, and the firm is operating normally, according to Lieut. Gen. To An Xo, Chief of the Office and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security.
Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs Hamzah Zainudin on March 29 called for cooperation at the regional and national level to effectively combat cybercrime.
Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announced the country's Safer Cyberspace Masterplan 2020 at the opening ceremony of the virtual Singapore International Cyber Week on October 6.
Huzir Mohamed, head of the Malaysia Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID), has confirmed that the authorities had detained two men suspected of links to global hacking activities.
Thailand will establish a cyber police unit to counter high-tech crimes, with more than 1,700 "cyber police officers" to be stationed across the country to handle computer-related offences, Bangkok Post reported on June 12.
