Illustrative image (Source: Internet)Hanoi(VNA) – Representatives from Vietnam’s Ministry of Information andCommunications and Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications haveagreed to boost cooperation in cyber security, radio frequency and smart citydevelopment.
During a working session in Hanoi on January 25, the two sides agreed to continueto enhance coordination within their joint cooperation groups, thus devisingsupport and cooperative policies to bolster links in IT and telecommunications.
They will also promote connections in training and raise public awareness of informationsecurity, especially methods to ensure information infrastructure, and measuresto tackle cyber attacks.
The Vietnamese side wished to foster collaboration with Japan in building smartcities, and called for Japan’s support in studying smart urban standards and inbuilding smart urban criteria.
Regarding the radio frequency field, the two countries will study measures to installhigh-frequency radio control systems in Vietnam. They also agreed to collaboratein training human resources in the work.
The Japanese side suggested the ministry create favourable conditions for Japaneseenterprises to support relevant projects in Vietnam.
Japan is Vietnam’s leading strategic partner in terms of IT andtelecommunications.
The country is also one of the leading countries in Asia in applying technologiesin building smart cities.
Since 2015, the two countries have cooperated in information security. Theyhave regularly shared reports related to national information security asreliable data for building programmes to ensure national and regional cybersecurity. -VNA
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