On June 12, 2018, at the 5th Session of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, XIV passed the Law on Network Security No. 24/2018/QH14 (Law on Network Security), which takes effect, from 01/01/2019.
The Network Security Law consists of 7 chapters, 43 articles, specifically as follows:
Chapter I. General provisions, including 9 articles (from Article 1 to Article 9), regulations on scope of adjustment; word explanation; State policies on network security; principles of network security protection; network security protection measures; protecting national cyberspace; international cooperation on network security; strictly prohibited acts on network security; handling violations of network security.
Chapter II. Protection of network security for important national security information systems, including 6 articles (from Article 10 to Article 15), regulations on important national security information systems; assessing network security for important national security information systems; assess network security conditions for important national security information systems; network security check for important national security information system; network security monitoring for important national security information systems; responding to and troubleshooting network security problems for important national security information systems.
Chapter III. Preventing and dealing with violations of network security, including 7 articles (from Article 16 to Article 22), regulations on prevention and processing of information on cyberspace with contents to propagandize against the State Republic Vietnamese Association; inciting violence, disturbing security, disturbing public order; humiliation and slander; infringing on economic management order; network spy prevention; protect information of state secrets, business secrets, business secrets, personal secrets, family secrets and private lives on cyberspace; to prevent and combat acts of using cyberspace, information technology and electronic means to violate the laws on national security, social order and safety; network attack and prevention; cyber terrorism prevention; prevent and handle dangerous situations of network security; fight for network security protection.
Chapter IV. Activities to protect network security, including 7 articles (from Article 23 to Article 29), regulations on deploying network security protection activities in state agencies and political organizations at central and local levels; network security check for information systems of agencies and organizations not on the list of important national security information systems; protecting network security for national cyberspace infrastructure, international network gateways; ensure information security on cyberspace; research and development of network security; improve autonomy in network security; Protect children on cyberspace.
Chapter V. Ensuring network security protection activities, including 6 articles (from Article 30 to Article 35), regulations on network security protection forces; ensure human resources to protect network security; recruitment, training and development of network security protection forces; educate and foster network security knowledge and operations; disseminating knowledge about network security; network security protection.
Chapter VI. Responsibilities of agencies, organizations, and individuals, including 7 articles (from Article 36 to Article 42), stipulating responsibilities of the Ministry of Public Security; responsibilities of the Ministry of Defense; responsibilities of the Ministry of Information and Communications; responsibilities of the Government Cipher Committee; responsibilities of ministries, branches and provincial People’s Committees; the responsibility of an enterprise providing cyberspace services; responsibilities of cyber agencies, organizations and individuals.
Chapter VII. Implementation provisions, with one article (Article 43), regulations on enforcement.
The National Assembly promulgates the Law on Network Security to perfect the legal basis to protect the sovereignty, interests, national security, legitimate rights and interests of organizations and individuals participating in cyberspace; building a healthy cyberspace environment; deploying network security work nationwide, stepping up the supervision, forecasting, response and rehearsal of network security incidents, protecting important national security information systems; ensuring the effectiveness of state management in this area; improve autonomy in network security, perfect policies to research, develop strategies, share information on network security.