How many prohibited acts regarding cybersecurity are there in Vietnam? What are the required outcomes regarding cybersecurity knowledge under the 10th-grade National Defense and Security Education curriculum?

How many prohibited acts regarding cybersecurity are there in Vietnam?

Under the provisions of Article 8 of the Cybersecurity Law 2018, there are 06 prohibited acts regarding cybersecurity, including:

1. Use of cyberspace for the following purposes:

- Conducting the acts mentioned in Clause 1 Article 18 of Cybersecurity Law 2018;

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

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

5. 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.

6. Other acts that violate the Cybersecurity Law 2018.

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What are the required outcomes regarding cybersecurity knowledge under the 10th-grade National Defense and Security Education curriculum in Vietnam?

Under Subsection 2, Section 5 of the general education program for National Defense and Security Education issued with Circular 46/2020/TT-BGDDT, the required outcomes regarding cybersecurity knowledge for 10th-grade students are:

- Define some basic concepts of network, cybersecurity, personal information security in cyberspace; the fundamental contents of the Cybersecurity Law 2018;

- Secure personal information, remain vigilant against methods of intrusion, spreading malware, false information on the internet...

What are the cybersecurity protection principles in Vietnam?

According to the provisions of Article 4 of the Cybersecurity Law 2018, the cybersecurity protection principles in Vietnam are defined as follows:

1. The Constitution and law must be upheld; interests of the State, the lawful rights and interests of organizations and individuals must be protected.

2. Cybersecurity protection will be carried out under leadership of Vietnam’s Communist Party and management of the State; the entire political system and the people will be mobilized to ensure cybersecurity; emphasize the role of professional cybersecurity forces.

3. Combine cybersecurity protection and protection of national security information system with socio-economic development, protection of human rights and citizenship rights, enable organizations and individuals to operate in cyberspace.

4. Prevent, discover and take actions against the use of cyberspace for the purpose of violating national security, disrupting public order or violating lawful rights and interests of other organizations and individuals; eliminate cybersecurity threats.

5. Ensure cybersecurity of national cyberspace infrastructure; implement various measures to protect national security information systems.

6. National security information systems shall undergo cybersecurity appraisal and certification before being put into operation; undergo regular cybersecurity inspection and supervision in order to respond to and remediate any cybersecurity incident that occurs.

7. Application violations against regulations of law on cybersecurity shall be promptly and strictly dealt with.