Vietnam to improve cybersecurity, create digital society
Vietnam will declare a national digital strategy this year to set up a digital economy and society, said Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung at a cybersecurity conference in Hanoi on April 17.
Representatives of businesses visit an exhibition on technological products as part of the conference on cybersecurity. (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam will declare a national digital strategy thisyear to set up a digital economy and society, said Minister of Information andCommunications Nguyen Manh Hung at a cybersecurity conference in Hanoi on April17.
The Minister said cybersecurity was a prerequisite for a successful nationaltransition to a digital society.
It created a safe environment for the Government, enterprises and people to usedigital technology, he said.
Vietnam wanted to create a safe space for digital transactions, he said, and todevelop world-class cyber security enterprises.
“Our prosperity depends on the internet, but the internet is not safe,” said Hung.“Making the internet safer means making our country more prosperous.”
Every information technology investment project must take onlinesecurity measures, he stressed.
Concerned organisations must ensure cyber security in Governmental offices andimportant national infrastructure, he said. Each Governmental organisation musthave at least one enterprise ensuring cybersecurity to avoid the theft ofinformation.
Also at the conference, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC)for the first time announced cybersecurity assessments of State organisationsfor last year.
The assessment will now be conducted annually and gradually widened to includeall organisations and enterprises.
Also the same day, under the sponsorship of the MIC, the Authority ofInformation Security and the Vietnam Information Security Association, togetherwith its partners, launched an alliance to handle malicious code and preventnetwork attacks. - VNA
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Vietnam suffered 620 cyber attacks in the first three months of this year, down by about 50 percent compared with last year’s figure, according to the Authority of Information Security (AIS) under the Ministry of Information and Communications.
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As Vietnam’s digital transformation accelerates, both the frequency and severity of cyberattacks are growing. The National Cybersecurity Association (NCA) reported that in 2024 alone, there were some 659,000 separate cybersecurity incidents, impacting around 46.15% of government agencies and businesses.
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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.
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According to the Politburo’s Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW, dated December 22, 2024, on making breakthroughs in the development of science, technology, innovation, and national digital transformation, this is considered a decisive factor in the development of nations. It is seen as a prerequisite and the best opportunity for Vietnam to become prosperous and powerful in the new era of the nation’s rise.
Representatives of businesses visit an exhibition on technological products as part of the conference on cybersecurity. (Source: VNA) 
