The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) is very interested in cooperation and professional exchange programmes with institutes and research centres of Harvard University, Minister General To Lam has said.
Minister of Public Security General To Lam (right) and Professor Thomas J. Vallely, Senior Advisor for Mainland Southeast Asia at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnamese Ministry of PublicSecurity (MoPS) is very interested in cooperation and professional exchange programmeswith institutes and research centres of Harvard University, Minister General To Lam has said.
During a reception for Professor Thomas J. Vallely, SeniorAdvisor for Mainland Southeast Asia at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Centerfor Democratic Governance and Innovation on March 25, Lam said that cooperationbetween the MoPS and US IT companies can bringsignificant benefits in improving capacity to prevent and combat cyber threats,developing cyber security measures and enhancing the effectiveness of fightingcybercrime in Vietnam.
The two sides agreed that the relevant agencies of Vietnamand the US have held many dialogue sessions, focusing on promoting cooperationon cybersecurity such as initiatives on improving capacity in cybersecurity and foreign languages as well as professional coordination between them.The two sides have hastened the signing of documents on cybersecurity between the MoPSand the US National Security Council authorities as well as the US-ASEANBusiness Council.
The MoPS has proactively contributed opinions to thedevelopment of a comprehensive international convention on countering the useof information and communications technologies for criminal purposes of theUnited Nations (UN) as well as a UN General Assembly resolution on promoting“safe, secure and trustworthy” artificial intelligence (AI) systems initiatedby the US, Lam said.
Collaborative activities between the MoPS and HarvardUniversity will be a demonstration of cooperation efforts betweenVietnam and the US in the context of the two countries upgrading theirrelationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, h🐎e added.
Vallely, for his part, spoke highly of fruitful cooperationbetween US law enforcement agencies and the Vietnamese Ministry of PublicSecurity, emphasising that Vietnam has many opportunities to deploy and developAI infrastructure. He expressed his delight that Vietnam and the US have shared good collaboration in the fight against cybercrime and wishedthat their cooperation will be expanded in the coming time./.
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Minister of Public Security General To Lam (right) and Professor Thomas J. Vallely, Senior Advisor for Mainland Southeast Asia at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation (Photo: VNA) 
