The National Assembly passed three draft laws during the morning sitting on June 12, which are the Law on Cyber Security, the Law on Competition (revised) and the Law on Denunciation (revised) (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The National Assembly passed three draft laws during the morning sitting on June 12, which are the Law on Cyber Security, the Law on Competition (revised) and the Law on Denunciation (revised). The Law on Cyber Security was approved with 86.86 percent of votes. It has 7 chapters and 43 articles, regulating activities to protect national security and ensure social order and safety on cyberspace, and responsibilities of agencies, organisations and individuals concerned. Before voting, the NA heard a report delivered by Chairman of the NA Committee for National Defence and Security Vo Trong Viet on the revisions made to the draft law based on NA deputies’ opinions. The Chairman said the revisions include stipulations that agencies and organisations have the responsibility to verify information when users register digital accounts, while the building of a mechanism to verify information is the responsibility of the Ministry of Public Security. The revisions also clearly say the provision of information is to serve the investigation and handling of violations of laws on cyber security. On the stipulation that enterprises must store important data of service users in Vietnam, Chairman Viet pointed out that at present 18 member countries of the WTO including the US, Canada, Australia, Germany and France had required the storage of… [Read full story]
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