Vietnam And US Strengthen Cybersecurity Cooperation

Minister of Public Security General To Lam (right) and Professor Thomas J. Vallely, senior advisor for Mainland Southeast Asia at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation (Photo: VNA)

On the afternoon of March 25, in Hanoi, General To Lam, Politburo member, Minister of Public Security received Professor Thomas J. Vallely, senior advisor for Mainland Southeast Asia at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation.

At the meeting, Minister To Lam said that in recent times, Vietnamese and US authorities promoted meaningful cooperation activities to concretize and implement actions on the basis of the two countries upgrading their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

The authorities of both sides are promoting the contents of the Joint Declaration and Action Plan with high expectations in areas such as semiconductors, digital transformation, Artificial Intelligence and new technologies.

Minister To Lam affirmed that the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam is interested in cooperation and professional exchange programs with institutes and research centers of Harvard University.

Minister To Lam pointed out that cooperation between the Ministry of Public Security and US information technology businesses can bring significant benefits in improving the ability to prevent and combat threats, developing cybersecurity measures, and improving the effectiveness of fighting cybercrime in Vietnam.

The two sides agreed that the relevant agencies of Vietnam and the US have held many dialogue sessions, focusing on promoting cooperation on cybersecurity such as initiatives on improving capacity in cyber security and foreign languages as well as professional coordination between them. The two sides hastened the signing of documents on cybersecurity between the MoPS and the US National Security Council authorities as well as the US-ASEAN Business Council.

The MoPS contributed opinions to the development of a comprehensive international convention on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes of the United Nations (UN) as well as a UN General Assembly resolution on promoting "safe, secure and trustworthy" artificial intelligence (AI) systems initiated by the US, Lam said.

Minister of Public Security General To Lam (right) and Professor Thomas J. Vallely, senior advisor for Mainland Southeast Asia at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation (Photo: VNA)

Minister To Lam said that the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam is interested in cooperation and professional exchange programs with institutes and research centers of Harvard University.

"Cooperative activities between the Ministry of Public Security and Harvard University will be a concrete demonstration of cooperative efforts between Vietnam and the United States in the context of the two countries upgrading their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership," Minister To Lam said.

Professor Thomas J. Vallely emphasized that Vietnam has many opportunities to deploy and develop AI infrastructure.

He expressed his delight that Vietnam and the US have shared good collaboration in the fight against cybercrime and wished that their cooperation would be expanded in the coming time.

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