Acts of cyberattacks and relevant acts in Vietnam

Acts of cyberattacks and relevant acts in Vietnam (Internet image)

Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

1. Acts of cyberattacks and relevant acts in Vietnam

According to Clause 1, Article 19 of the Cybersecurity Law 2018, acts of cyberattacks and relevant acts include:

- Spread of software programs that are harmful to a telecommunications network, the Internet, computer network, communication system, information processing and control systems, databases or electronic devices;

- Obstructing, causing disruption, paralysis or interruption of data transmission of a telecommunications network, the Internet, computer network, communication system, information processing system or electronic device control system;

- Infiltrating, causing damage or illegally obtaining data stored or transmitted through a telecommunications network, the Internet, computer network, communication system, information processing and control systems, databases or electronic devices;

- Infiltrating, creating or exploiting weaknesses or vulnerabilities of a system to illegally obtain information for profiteering;

- Producing, trading, exchanging, giving tools, equipment, software programs that are meant to attack a telecommunications network, the Internet, computer network, a communication system, information processing and control systems, database or electronic devices;

- Other acts affecting normal operation of a telecommunications network, the Internet, computer network, communication system, information processing and control systems, database or electronic devices;

2. Responsibility for preventing and combating cyber attacks in Vietnam

According to Clause 4, Article 19 of the Cybersecurity Law 2018, responsibility for prevention and response to cyberattack:

- The Ministry of Public Security shall take charge and cooperate with relevant ministries in prevention, detection and response to the acts mentioned in Section 1 if they violate or threaten to violate national security, national interest, sovereignty or seriously disrupt public order nationwide, except of the cases mentioned in Point b and Point c of Clause 4, Article 19 of the Cybersecurity Law 2018;

- The Ministry of National Defense shall take charge and cooperate with relevant ministries in prevention, detection and response to the acts mentioned in Section 1 if they are committed against military information systems;

- VGCA shall take charge and cooperate with relevant ministries in prevention, detection and response to the acts mentioned in Clause 1 of this Article if they are committed against cryptography systems under its management.

3. Prohibited acts regarding cybersecurity in Vietnam

Prohibited acts regarding cybersecurity in Vietnam under Article 8 of the Cybersecurity Law 2018 are as follows:

- Use of cyberspace for the following purposes:

= Conducting the acts mentioned in Clause 1 Article 18 of this Law;

= Organizing or participating in opposition to Socialist Republic of Vietnam; colluding with other people, persuading, buying off, duping, enticing or training people to oppose the government of Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

= Distortion of history, denial of revolutionary achievements, undermining national solidarity, blasphemy, discrimination by gender or race;

= Provision of false information for the purpose of causing public confusion or economic loss, obstructing regulatory bodies or law enforcers, violating lawful rights and interests of other organizations and individuals.

= Prostitution, vice, human trafficking; posting pornographic or criminal information; damaging Vietnam’s good traditions, social ethics or public health;

= Enticing, persuading or tempting others to commits crimes.

- Any act of cyberattack, cyber terrorism, cyber espionage and cyber crimes; causing breakdown, attacking, infiltrating, overriding, interfering with, disrupting, paralyzing or sabotaging national security information systems.

- Manufacturing or using tools, equipment, software programs or committing any act that is meant to disrupt a telecommunications network, the Internets, computer network, information systems, information processing systems and electronic control system;

Spreading malware in a telecommunications network, the Internets, computer network, information systems, information processing and control system; infiltrating a telecommunications network, the Internets, computer network, information systems, information processing system or electronic device control system of another person.

- Resisting or obstructing the cybersecurity force; attacking or illegally neutralizing cybersecurity measures.

- Taking advantage of cybersecurity protection activities to violate national security, national interests or sovereignty, disrupt public order, violate lawful rights and interests of another organization or individual or for profiteering purposes.

- Other acts that violate the Cybersecurity Law 2018.

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