Law on cyber security not obstruct int’l treaties

VGP – The Law on cyber security, approved by the National Assembly on June 12, is in accordance with the Constitution and does not obstruct the international treaties to which the country is a signatory, said Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang at press briefing on Thursday.

June 14, 2018 7:33 PM GMT+7

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang.

The law is greatly necessary in the current context, Hang affirmed.

Comprising 7 chapters and 47 articles, the law stipulates on activities protecting the national security and ensuring cyber social order and safety and responsibilities of relevant individuals, organizations and agencies.

The law defines the principles of protecting cyber security including obeying the Constitution and laws, guaranteeing the interests of the State, legitimate rights and benefits of organizations and individuals under the leadership of the Viet Nam Communist Party and the management of the State.

It also closely connects the tasks of protecting cyber security and crucial information system on the national security in line with socio-economic development, ensuring human rights, citizen rights and facilitates organizations and individuals to operate at cyber network.

The law aims to prevent, discover, detect, struggle and defeat all activities that use cyber network to violate the national security, social order and safety and legitimate rights and interests of organizations and individuals as well as prevent threats to cyber security.

The law will come into effect since January 1, 2019./.

By Quang Minh