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General Ngo Xuan Lich (standing) speaking at the event |
Over the past five years, the signatories worked closely with other functional agencies of the two ministries to give recommendations to higher levels to direct the guarantee of information security and protection of national sovereignty in cyber space. Specifically, the Politburo approved the strategy on Fatherland protection on cyber space; the National Assembly ratified the Law on Cyber Security in 2015, and more.
The two sides also shared information, carried out measures to ensure cyber security, handled incidents and situations related to cyber space, effectively contributing to defending national sovereignty over cyber space and combating hostile forces who use cyber space to sabotage the Party, State and socialism of Vietnam.
In addition, they boosted information dissemination to raise public awareness of cyber security, increased international cooperation, organized more exercises to ensure cyber security during major domestic and international events taking place in Vietnam.
At the event, Defense Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich lauded the two agencies for their effective and close coordination. He urged Command 86 to further team up with the Authority of Information Security and other MIC’s affiliates to improve personnel’s expertise, rehearse scenarios related to cyber security, and develop information security-related technologies, services, and products.
Lich also suggested raising troops’ and people’s awareness of cyber security, actively protecting the Party’s ideological foundation, and combating wrongful viewpoints and distorted information of hostile forces and reactionaries.
The Defense Minister also suggested the MIC share information, experience, further cooperation in personnel training with the MND in cyber security and digital transformation as well as e-government building. He asked the MIC to support the MND’s affiliates in ensuring cyber security at major national and military events, thus firmly protecting national sovereignty over cyber space.
On the occasion, General Lich presented merit certificates to the Authority of Information Security and its three officials. The Minister of Information and Communications presented certificates of merit to Command 86 and its three officers in recognition of their outstanding task performance.
Translated by Mai Huong