National Assembly deputies agreed on Wednesday to change the name of the draft Law on Information Security to the draft Law on Internet Information Security to better reflect the nature of this Law. The Law will improve the legal basis for ensuring information security and specify national defense and security requirements. It will address information security on three levels: cyber information violations, cyber information conflicts, and cyber warfare. Nguyen Huu Hung, a deputy for Tien Giang province, said: "I think the draft Law should include regulations on the rights and obligations of businesses and individuals providing public information across borders. A strict management of cryptography is of great necessity as it helps prevent cryptographic activities that could harm national security. Activities regarding managing, licensing, and assessing the quality of civil cryptography should be controlled by by the Government Information Security Committee."
Also on Wednesday morning, lawmakers approved the revised Law on State Audit.
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Vietnam’s lawmakers ratified a law on safety in the cyberworld on Thursday, at a time when the country is at high risk of cyberattacks and already being impacted by hackers.
On the morning of November 19 the National Assembly voted to adopt the Law on Internet Information Security, to take effect from July 1, 2016.
National Assembly (NA) deputies discussed the bill on Internet security at an October 29 working session in Hanoi.
Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly states: “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.” Understood in a broad sense, personal security covers many aspects of people in social life. When entering the social life, every person must have certain information for identification and, therefore, the need for personal information security is also part of the right to privacy and an aspect of human rights.
