Defence Minister visits Academy of Cryptography Technique

PANO - General Phung Quang Thanh, Politburo Member, Deputy-Secretary of the Military Central Commission and Defence Minister paid a working visit to the Academy of Cryptography Technique on January 11^th.

At the working session, Colonel Le My Tu, the Academy’s Director, informed that the Academy is a training centre for cadres at tertiary and third levels and the unique research centre to develop cryptography science-technology of Vietnam's Cryptography Sector. It was also the only university assigned by the Ministry of Education and Training and the Governmental Cryptography Agency to train engineers specialising in information safety to ensure the information security in national defence, security and economics.

Over the past years, the Academy has obtained good results in cryptography science-technology researches. During 10 years, it had carried out more than 260 scientific topics, including nearly 70 topics at State and Sector’s level.

Besides, it has successfully fulfilled the training missions yearly assigned by the Governmental Cryptography Agency.

Having been briefed on the Academy, General Phung Quang Thanh highly appreciated the Academy’s great efforts and achievements.

General Thanh stressed that the demand for information security in the coming time was growing high. Thus, the Academy must pay much attention on training the human resources to meet the new context demand. It was an objective demand, a political and revolutionary mission entrusted by the Party and the State.

He also requested the Academy to better its quality in training and doing scientific research to ensure the fast, timely, correct and safe information. Besides, it needs to make sure that Lao and Cambodian trainees would be trained well.

Moreover, the Academy was required to be upgraded to be a modern and spacious Academy.

On the occasion of the coming Lunar New Year, General Thanh wished the Academy new successes and great achievements.

Reported by Xuan Dung