Vietnam backs ASEAN countries’ viewpoint on promoting the development of the ASEAN Cybersecurity Cooperation Strategy for 2021-2025 to unify a vision, awareness and common actions of the bloc on cybersecurity issues, said Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieut. Gen. Luong Tam Quang.
Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieut. Gen. Luong Tam Quang at the conference(Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam backs ASEAN countries’ viewpoint on promoting thedevelopment of the ASEAN Cybersecurity Cooperation Strategy for 2021-2025 tounify a vision, awareness and common actions of the bloc on cybersecurity issues,said Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieut. Gen. Luong Tam Quang.
Quang made the statement as part of hisspeech at the 6th ASEAN Ministerial Conference on Cybersecurity (AMCC)’splenary session which took place virtually and in in-person form in Singapore on October 6.
Healso highlighted Vietnam’s support for the building of regional legal frameworksto facilitate international cooperation in the field.
Vietnamproposed ASEAN member states strengthen cooperation for capacity improvementin protecting the critical information infrastructure (CII); establish amechanism and develop a joint and long-term training cooperation plan in thebloc with the support of its dialogue partner countries towards building a resilientcyberspace in ASEAN; and organise a legal forum on cybersecurity in ASEAN toexchange experiences in building and completing related policies and laws.
ASEAN countries should work together in implementing programmes and campaignsto raise awareness on cybersecurity and safe Internet skills for Internet users,the official added.
At the conference, ASEAN ministers discussed enhancing regional cooperation incyberspace in the context of the new normal condition, with a focus onidentifying areas of collaboration between bloc members and ASEAN dialoguepartners.
Ina presidential statement adopted at the event, they recognised the importanceof protecting the CII from cyber threats in order to ensure a safe and securecyberspace in the region./.
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Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieut. Gen. Luong Tam Quang at the conference(Photo: VNA) 
