06 groups of prohibited acts regarding cybersecurity in Vietnam

06 groups of prohibited acts regarding cybersecurity in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. What is Cybersecurity?

According to Clauses 1 and 2, Article 2 of the Cybersecurity Law 2018:

- Cybersecurity means assurance that activities in cyberspace do not harm national security, public order, the lawful rights and interests of any organization or individual.

- Cybersecurity protection includes prevention, discovery, and actions against violations of cybersecurity.

2. Prohibited acts regarding cybersecurity in Vietnam

Prohibited acts regarding cybersecurity in Vietnam as prescribed in Article 8 of the Cybersecurity Law 2018 include:

(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 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.

(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 Cybersecurity Law 2018.

3. Actions against violations against regulations of law on cybersecurity in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 9 of the Cybersecurity Law 2018, the person who commits any of the violations mentioned in Cybersecurity Law 2018 will be liable to disciplinary penalties, administrative penalties or criminal prosecution depending on the nature and severity of the violation, and pay compensation for any damage caused.

Van Trong

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