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Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Vietnam on Tuesday to repeal its new cybersecurity law on the basis that it represses rights to free speech and freedom of expression. Vietnam’s new law, set to come into effect on 25 December 2024, builds on existing legislation to create stricter rules surrounding internet use and freedom of speech.
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Alice Philipson and Tran Thi Minh Ha A multi-billion-dollar fraud scandal involving one of Vietnam’s most prominent tycoons exposed systemic weaknesses in the country’s banking sector, say analysts who warn other such cases could yet emerge.
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The Vietnam Authority of Information Security (AIS), part of the Ministry of Information and Communications, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) under the US Department of Homeland Security.
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Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan (C) was sentenced to death for fraud – Copyright AFP/File STR
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Vietnam has announced the capability for its citizens to create digital signatures in the national digital ID app.
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KPL (KPL/VNA) The Vietnamese and Lao Ministries of Public Security on October 14 organised a bilateral ministerial meeting to enhance cooperation in combating crimes, maintaining social order, and tackling drug-related issues.
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Vietnam wants to enable all of its taxpayers to log into the country’s online taxation platforms with their electronic identification by 2025. By 2030, the country also aims to conduct 90 percent of administrative tax procedures electronically, the government says.
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Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (left) and China’s Premier Li Qiang inspect a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on October 13, 2024 – Copyright POOL/AFP NHAC NGUYEN
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Defense cooperation and shared security interests in Vietnam have been expanding, said Jedidiah P. Royal, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs.
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The Bangkok Criminal Court ordered the extradition of a convicted political activist to Vietnam on Monday. Human rights groups, who criticized the move as “transnational repression”, warned that he likely faces threats to his life in Vietnam, which would render the extradition illegal under the principle of non-refoulement.
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Vietnam is seeing the positive impacts of implementing biometric authentication when it comes to combating fraud across the banking sector, as the country’s digital transformation journey continues to take shape. According to recent reports, the introduction of biometric verification has resulted in a 72 percent decrease in fraudulent accounts.
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Two years ago, when a close friend of the family (let’s call him D) was sick, I took him to tour the hospitals in Saigon. The whole experience was Kafkaesque.
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Dozens of factories and warehouses in Haiphong were damaged by Yagi and some in Quang Ninh province are not expected to have power until the end of the week, business leaders warn – Copyright AFP NHAC NGUYEN
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Vietnam will hold a funeral next week for late communist leader Nguyen Phu Trong – Copyright AFP Nhac NGUYEN
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A Vietnam court sentenced Facebook user Pham Van Cho to seven years in prison and two years of probation for his allegedly anti-state propaganda posts on Tuesday. The police of the Hung Yen province arrested Phan Van Cho in January and decided to prosecute him on January 29.
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As the digitization gale continues to blow across Southeast Asia, Vietnam is taking things up a notch by requiring facial recognition for digital transactions above $390.
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the EU in a report published on Wednesday to review its dialogue with Vietnam over human rights concerns and called on the bloc to implement “more effective measures to address the Vietnamese government’s growing repression,” ahead of the EU-Vietnam human rights dialogue planned on July 4.
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Vietnamese banks have successfully completed biometric verification for over 13 million customers in just two days, with the aim of enhancing security and streamlining services. The milestone, reported by SGGP, however, comes with emerging concerns about inadequate protection against fraud schemes with unsophisticated spoofs and vulnerability to biometric data theft.
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RHC Dark Lab : 30 June 2024 10:16 A serious data breach incident may have recently affected the Hong Ngoc Hospital, a renowned hospital located in Vietnam. The news was disseminated through the BreachForums, a platform known for the buying and selling of compromised data. The volume and sensitivity of the compromised information make this incident particularly…