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PSNews - Member of the CPV Central Committee, Deputy Minister of Public Security and Head of the Ministry of Public Security’s Criminal Investigation Police Authority Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Long chaired a briefing conference with police departments of northern provinces and centrally-governed cities on the prevention and control of crimes and law violations in cyberspace, on the afternoon of August 25, in Ha Noi.

Cybersecurity, information security and data security risks must be identified and addressed early and from afar, with appropriate defensive measures ready to neutralise threats and protect national interests in cyberspace, said Lieutenant General Le Xuan Minh, Director of the Ministry of Public Security’s Department of Cybersecurity and Hi-tech Crime Prevention (A05).

PSNews - Recently, Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Long sent a letter to the Nghe An Provincial Police Department, praising the police department for successfully dismantling a criminal network that illegally manufactured and traded military weapons in cyberspace.

PSNews - The Ministry of Public Security in coordination with the National Cybersecurity Association organized a workshop on policy on personal data protection on June 5th, in Hanoi. Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang, Chairman of the National Cybersecurity Association, chaired the workshop.

The Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Science and Technology co-held a ceremony on July 7, 2023, in Hanoi, to sign a contract, in which the Ministry of Public Security will conduct the national scientific and technological reseach project "Requirements and obligations to protect the sovereignty of Vietnam in cyberspace".

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under the Ministry of Public Security held a conference on January 12 to review their performance of tasks in 2021 and roll out new work plans for 2022 and receive the Feat of Arms Order.

The Division of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention and Control under the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) municipal Police Department on December 15 introduced the city police’s official fanpages on Facebook and Youtube.

PSNews - The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) in coordination with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the United Nations to hold a workshop on sharing practices in personal data protection on cyberspace, with focus on disadvantaged and vulnerable groups in Vietnam.

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.