Vietnam's New Cybersecurity Law Will Hurt Economic Growth

The passage of a restrictive cybersecurity law by Vietnam’s National Assembly is a giant step back—one that comes at the expense of Vietnam’s small and medium-sized businesses.Keep reading ...

David Shear

Vietnam stands by its cybersecurity law amid US criticism

Vietnam’s foreign ministry reasserted that the cybersecurity law is designed to protect online rights, after U.S. lawmakers voiced criticism.“The ratification of the cybersecurity law is aimed at creating a safe and healthy cyberspace, protecting the legitimate rights and interests of organizations and individuals online, and ...

Trong Giap

Vietnam responds to calls for anti cyber security law by 17 US lawmakers

Vietnam claims that foreign companies need to comply with local law, after 17 US lawmakers have called on Facebook, Google for  anti Law on Cyber Security.“The passage of the Law on Cyber Security is aimed at creating a safe and healthy cyberspace, protecting the legitimate ...

Data costs in Vietnam need further cuts to increase usage

Statistics show that Vietnamese consumers use only about 1.9GB of cellular data on average each month, much lower than the regional countries of Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Singapore where the amounts come in between 4.7GB and 8.5GB.Keep reading ...

Nguyet Bac

Facebook, Google okay with Vietnam’s cybersecurity law

Representatives of tech giants raised no objections and said they would modify their strategies according to the new law, claims senior official.Keep reading ...

Retail Asia Reporter

Facebook and Google have to install servers in Vietnam from early 2019

Facebook and Google will have to install servers in Vietnam from January 1, 2019 as the Law on Cybersecurity comes into effect.Keep reading ...

VietnamNet Reporter

Capital keeps flowing into startups

Investors have poured more capital into Vietnamese technology startups amid the strong rise of new technologies such as AI and Big Data.[]Vietnam is listed among the countries with high potential in startups, especially technology startups. In 2017, the investment capital injected into 92 startups in ...

Mai Thanh

Cyber security threat to persist in 2018

Cyber security will continue to be a ‘hot topic’ this year, demanding the attention of technology experts. According to statistics of the Information Security Department under the Ministry of Information and Communications, 95 percent of issues related to information security are caused by human negligence. Keep ...

VNA Reporter

Most Vietnamese get news from social media, survey finds

Vietnamese people love social media, their regular source of daily news, a new survey has found. Vietnam comes fourth in a survey conducted by Pew Research Center to find out how often people in 38 countries, including both advanced and developing ones, turn to social media ...

Minh Nga

Vietnam cuts domestic server requirement for foreign firms from cyber-security bill

Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security has scrapped an article requiring foreign tech giants such as Google and Facebook to install servers in Vietnam from its draft cyber-security law.Keep reading ...

Hoang Thuy

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