As Vietnam’s digital transformation accelerates, both the frequency and severity of cyberattacks are growing. The National Cybersecurity Association (NCA) reported that in 2024 alone, there were some 659,000 separate cybersecurity incidents, impacting around 46.15% of government agencies and businesses.
The report provides a comprehensive overview of the country’s cybersecurity situation over the past year, warning of increasingly complicated threats and offering key recommendations for businesses to strengthen their defences.
Cybersecurity is expected to remain a significant challenge for Vietnam in 2025, as the rapid development of technology and the expansion of the digital economy continue to heighten the risk of cyberattacks.
Up to 46.15% of organisations and businesses have been targeted by cyberattacks so far this year, with the total number of incidents estimated to exceed 659,000, according to statistics from the National Cybersecurity Association (NCA).
Financial frauds and cyberattacks on the Vietnamese financial information systems are on the rise, but many domestic financial agencies still do not pay due attention to the issue, officials said.
A 75.1% drop was seen in the number of detected and handled cyberattacks targeting information systems in Vietnam to 349 cases in August, according to the Authority of Information Security under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).
Individuals and organisations in Vietnam should proactively strengthen their defence capabilities against increasingly diverse and complex cyberattacks, which involve various methods and advanced technology, insiders have said.
The United Nations (UN) Ad Hoc Committee on Cybercrime’s adoption of a draft UN convention against cybercrime on August 8 holds much significance to Vietnam, said Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu.
The Vietnam Post Corporation (Vietnam Post)’s IT system was breached by ransomware at 3:10 am on June 4, leaving direct impact on the operations of postal and delivery services, the company has reported.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed to issue an official dispatch requesting ministries, sectors and localities to exert efforts to ensure information security, given recent increases in cyberattacks, especially the presence of ransomware.
There were 950 cyberattacks on Vietnam’s information system in January, a decline of 33% and 23% compared with that of December 2023 and the same period last year, respectively.
There were 950 cyberattacks on Vietnam’s information system in January, a decline of 33% and 23% compared with that of December 2023 and the same period last year, respectively.
There were some 13,900 cyberattacks in Vietnam in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 9.5%, according to a report announced by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) on December 12.
As many as 498 cyberattacks targeting information networks in Vietnam were recorded and handled in April, down 5.1% from March and 46.9% compared to the same period last year, according to the Authority of Information Security under the Ministry of Information and Communications.
Vietnam was hit by 988 cyberattacks in the first nine months of this year, according to the National Cyber Security Centre under the Ministry of Information and Communications.
Vietnam posted nearly 1,400 cyberattacks in the first month of 2022, an increase of over 10 percent from December 2021, according to the Vietnam National Cyber Security Centre.
According to a study by Cisco Secure, as many as 59 percent SMEs in Vietnam have been victims of cyberattacks in the past year, of which 86 percent lost customer information to malicious hackers.
As businesses digitalise their operations in response to COVID-19, cyberattacks are on the rise too. Over half of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam have been victims of cyberattacks in the past year, according to a study by Cisco Secure.
