Cyber security law does not hamper realisation of international treaties

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang (Photo: MoFA)

She made the remarks at the Foreign Ministry’s regular press conference on June 14 in response to a reporters’ question about the recently adopted Law on Cyber Security.

She said the Law on Cyber Security was approved on June 12 with the majority of votes after many rounds of discussions which took into account the opinions of National Assembly deputies and the public in a widespread and transparent manner.

Cyber security is an important issue that greatly affects national security, Hang said, noting that it has become a special concern of many countries and international and regional organisations in recent years.

Cyber-attacks have grown rapidly in both form and scale and occurred across borders, seriously affecting the economic and political stability of each country, she said. Meanwhile, efforts to improve the security of the cyber environment still face numerous difficulties, especially due to the shortage of legal regulations and capacity to ensure cyber security. Therefore, the building of the Law on Cyber Security is critically necessary in the current context, the spokeswoman stressed.

Fielding a question about the purpose of the draft law on special administrative-economic units, Hang said that over the past years, the State of Vietnam has continually worked to perfect policies and laws and comprehensively taken many measures to better ensure the legal rights and legitimate interests of the people, and promote national development and protection, while actively integrating into the world.

The draft law on special administrative-economic units is part of the law and ordinance making programme of the National Assembly (NA) in 2018.

Also at the regular press conference, the Foreign Ministry Spokesperson said the Embassy of Vietnam in the Republic of Korea is working with local authorities to protect the legitimate rights and interests of two Vietnamese who were allegedly abused when working on a fishing vessel in Seogwipo City, Jeju Island.

She added that the two men are staying at the support centre for foreign workers in Jeju. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested the Embassy of Vietnam in the RoK to keep a close watch on the case.

The Consulate General of Vietnam in San Francisco, the United States, is supporting families of two Vietnamese tourists fatally stabbed in a Las Vegas hotel to go to the US and bring the victims’ remain and ashes home, according to spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang.

The Consulate General of Vietnam in San Francisco is working with the Ho Chi Minh City Department of External Relations and relevant agencies to support the families of the victims in obtaining necessary documents to travel to the US and to coordinate with the authorized funeral service provider to return the victims’ remains and ashes to Vietnam.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked the Embassy of Vietnam in the US and the Consulate General of Vietnam in San Francisco to closely work with the US’s competent authorities to investigate the tragic murder and ensure the legitimate rights and interest of Vietnamese citizens./.

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