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While boosting efficiency in the banking sector, the application of artificial intelligence (AI) also changes the nature of cyber risks and poses great challenges to cybersecurity in Vietnam.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 16 (the last day of the lunar year 2025) visited, extended Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to, and inspected the on-duty work at units ensuring traffic order and safety and information cybersecurity under the Ministry of Public Security.

The 15th National Assembly on October 31 morning listened to proposals and verification reports on a slate of draft laws aimed at strengthening national security, cybersecurity and digital transformation.

Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang hosted a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Affairs of the Republic of Poland Krzysztof Gawkowski on the morning of October 27, in Hanoi.

PSNews - This was the affirmation made by Mr. Kubrakov Ivan Vladimirovich, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, on the afternoon of October 25, on the sidelines of the Opening Ceremony for the Signing of the United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime (the Hanoi Convention). Minister Kubrakov Ivan Vladimirovich also emphasized that the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus has maintained a long-standing and effective cooperation with the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam in strengthening security for both countries.

Anticipating the wave of increasing network and information security needs in Vietnam, seven major Israeli cybersecurity companies introduced solutions, including vulnerability patching, AI-enhanced security for IoT and OT devices, cybersecurity infrastructure consulting, cybersecurity operations platforms, encryption, digital impersonation prevention, comprehensive protection, and dark web monitoring.

The Ministry of Public Security solemnly celebrated the first Vietnam Cybersecurity Day under the theme “Cybersecurity Imprints and Strategic Orientations in the Era of Nation’s Rise” on August 5, in Hanoi.

PSNews - Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieutenant General Nguyen Duy Ngoc had a meeting on the afternoon of July 6 with the delegation of the Ethiopian Information Network Security Agency led by Deputy Director Solomon Soka during its visit to Vietnam.

Along with a surge in the number of mobile phone users accessing the Internet, there has been an increase in the number of mobile malware targeting Vietnamese users, according to the global cybersecurity company Kaspersky.

The Department for Cybersecurity and Hi-Tech Crimes under the Ministry of Public Security held a meeting on June 24 to review its task performances in the first half of 2021 (H1).

PSNews - Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Thanh, Member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Minister of Public Security, on May 26 chaired a ceremony in Hoa Binh to announce decisions by the Minister of Public Security on the appointment of the Director of the Hoa Binh Provincial Police Department and the Deputy Inspector Chief of the Ministry of Public Security.

Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Thanh, Deputy Minister of Public Security, is leading a delegation of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) to attend the ASEAN Ministerial Conference on Cybersecurity, which is taking place in Singapore from September 29 to October 4.

The American cybersecurity giant Symantec has downplayed a data breach that allowed a hacker to access passwords and a purported list of its clients, including large Australian companies and government agencies.

Vietnam continues to be one of the countries with the highest number of detected online infections, according to Kaspersky Security Network data.

Vietnam and Russia have agreed to work together in building up e-government and cybersecurity.

PSNews - According to the International Cooperation Department under the Ministry of Information and Communications, the ASEAN Ministerial Conference on Cybersecurity (AMCC), which was attended by a Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Nguyen Thanh Hung and Deputy Minister of Public Security Bui Van Nam, has just concluded in Singapore.  

PSNews - Accordingly, Minister To Lam and Deputy Minister Le QuyVuong are respectively Head of the Board and Deputy Head of the Board.