Strengthening the protection of state secrets in the new situation

(laichau.gov.vn) Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed and issued Directive No. 32/CT-TTg dated October 21, 2025, requesting ministries, branches and localities to strengthen the protection of state secrets in the new situation.

Strengthening the protection of state secrets in the new situation.

Faced with complicated developments in security and politics in the region and the world, while the whole country is organizing Party Congresses at all levels towards the 14th National Party Congress; the arrangement, streamlining of the apparatus and strong development of science, technology, and national digital transformation for the country to enter a new era pose many challenges to the work of protecting state secrets.

In addition, the Politburo issued Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW dated December 22, 2024 on breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation, creativity, and national digital transformation (Resolution No. 57), requiring appropriate adjustments to the protection of state secrets to both meet the requirements of protecting state secrets and create favorable conditions for the development of science, technology, innovation, and national digital transformation.

Strictly comply with legal regulations on protecting state secrets during the process of restructuring and streamlining the apparatus.

Therefore, the Prime Minister requests Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Heads of Government agencies, Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to organize self-review and assessment of all contents and tasks of protecting state secrets, thereby clarifying which contents are weak and still exist and need to be strengthened, overcome and corrected; which contents are not yet available or are not suitable must be supplemented, amended and immediately implemented to improve the effectiveness of protecting state secrets.

Enhance the role and responsibility of leaders, link the work of protecting state secrets with the work of protecting internal politics; raise awareness and link the responsibility of protecting state secrets to organizations and individuals who draft, copy, photograph, store, transport, provide, and transfer state secrets, regularly have relations and contacts with foreign organizations and individuals; continue to innovate forms and measures of propaganda and dissemination of laws on protecting state secrets with focus and key points, not scattered or formal.

Regularly review, promptly advise and propose to the Prime Minister to amend and supplement the list of state secrets; proactively review, determine the protection period and extend the protection of state secrets. Strengthen self-inspection and strictly handle violations associated with the annual emulation and reward work of the unit.

Conduct safety inspections and testing of electronic equipment, devices, system software, and application software before putting them into use and during use in key, confidential departments and locations, and places where state secrets are stored. Strictly comply with legal regulations on protecting state secrets during the process of reorganizing and streamlining the apparatus; do not allow the disclosure or loss of state secrets when carrying out activities such as moving headquarters, taking documents and objects containing state secrets out of storage, declassifying, and destroying documents and objects containing state secrets; the digitization of state secret documents must ensure compliance with legal regulations on protecting state secrets and other relevant laws.

Build a special policy to attract cadres to do key work and protect state secrets.

The Prime Minister requested to strengthen and perfect the Steering Committee for State Secret Protection in provinces and centrally run cities to advise the Provincial Party Committee, City Party Committee, People's Council, and People's Committee of the province and city on the implementation of State Secret Protection in the locality. The members of the Steering Committee include: (1) The Head of the Steering Committee is the Chairman of the People's Committee of the province or city and also the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee or City Party Committee; (2) The Deputy Head of the Steering Committee includes 03 comrades who are leaders of the Office of the Provincial Party Committee, City Party Committee, leaders of the Office of the People's Committee of the province or city and leaders of the Provincial and City Police; (3) The members of the Steering Committee include representatives of the Departments of Home Affairs, Finance, Justice, Science and Technology; The Provincial and Municipal Military Command, representatives of the Administrative and Archives Department under the Provincial and Municipal Party Committee Office, representatives of the Internal Affairs Department under the Provincial and Municipal People's Committee Office, and representatives of the Internal Political Security Department of the Provincial and Municipal Police; (4) The Standing Committee of the Steering Committee is the Provincial and Municipal People's Committee Office or the Provincial and Municipal Police.

Allocate resources to invest in new equipment, tools, means, and technological solutions, build and upgrade information technology infrastructure; deploy cryptographic products and cryptographic solutions to protect state secrets. Train and supplement high-quality human resources in information technology, information security, and cryptography to ensure the capacity to respond to cyber security incidents and prevent the risk of revealing or losing state secrets in cyberspace, especially in the process of implementing national digital transformation. Develop specific policies on attracting, training, and rewarding cadres working in cryptography and protecting state secrets, to ensure the professionalism and long-term stability of this force.

Strengthen inspection and examination work to prevent the disclosure and loss of state secrets early.

The Prime Minister requested the Minister of Public Security to direct the Public Security units to preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies and units to develop the Law on Protection of State Secrets (amended) to submit to the National Assembly for comments and approval at the 10th Session of the 15th National Assembly and documents detailing and guiding the implementation of the Law on Protection of State Secrets (amended), ensuring strictness and conformity with the new apparatus organization after the arrangement and streamlining according to the 2-level local government model, in accordance with the policy of developing science and technology and national digital transformation according to the content of Resolution No. 57, Resolution No. 03/NQ-CP dated January 9, 2025 of the Government promulgating the Action Program to implement Resolution No. 57, Resolution No. 71/NQ-CP dated April 1, 2025 of the Government amending, supplementing and updating the Government's Action Program to implement Resolution No. 57.

Strengthening state management of state secret protection, focusing on propaganda work, resolving difficulties and obstacles in implementing legal regulations on state secret protection in practice; promoting inspection and examination work, improving the effectiveness of prevention work, promptly detecting and preventing the disclosure and loss of state secrets early and from a distance, investigating and strictly handling violations of state secret protection.

The Ministry of Public Security shall preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies and units to conduct inspections and security checks of electronic equipment, means, system software, and application software before putting them into use and during use in key, confidential departments and locations, places storing state secrets and internal secrets of state agencies and enterprises, except for military information systems, information systems under the Government Cipher Committee and information systems directly managed and operated by cryptographic organizations, using cryptographic solutions and products of the Vietnam Cryptography industry to serve professional and cryptographic activities.

The Prime Minister requested the Minister of National Defense to direct units to strengthen state management of state secret protection within their management scope, focusing on organizing propaganda, dissemination and inspection of compliance with the law on state secret protection in the entire army. Closely coordinate with the Ministry of Public Security and relevant ministries, branches and localities to promptly advise on amending and supplementing legal provisions on state secret protection in accordance with reality. Improve the effectiveness of prevention and investigation work, strictly handle violations of state secret protection in the Ministry of National Defense, promptly detect, prevent and neutralize activities that reveal or lose state secrets; preside over the inspection and security check of equipment, electronic means, system software, application software related to military information systems, cryptographic information systems and cryptographic products provided by the Government Cipher Committee to protect state secrets before putting them into use.

The Minister of Science and Technology directs its affiliated units to coordinate with agencies and organizations to promote the construction and completion of synchronous, advanced and modern infrastructure and facilities, especially science, technology and information technology infrastructure; enhance innovation in research, production, supply and application of scientific and technological products in the digitization of state secret documents. Research, develop and promulgate technical regulations and standards on security infrastructure to meet the requirements of digital transformation in the current situation.

The Minister of Home Affairs directs functional units to preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies to research and integrate lecture content on state secret protection into training programs for civil servants, public employees, clerks, and archivers; develop criteria for evaluation, classification, and emulation ranking for agencies, organizations, and individuals with achievements or violations in state secret protection.

Building and developing the national cryptographic information system

The Government Cipher Committee advises the Government on building and developing the national cryptographic information system. Assists the Minister of National Defense in performing state management of research, production, supply and use of cryptographic products to protect state secret information. Proactively and autonomously research and develop specialized high-tech cryptographic equipment; organize the production and supply of cryptographic products to protect state secret information, especially cryptographic products serving the direction and administration of the Party, State, armed forces, and key agencies, capable of integrating into the information technology - telecommunications system, meeting the requirements of national digital transformation and current practical requirements. Conduct inspection, testing, and monitoring of security and safety of cryptographic products before putting them into production, supply, deployment, and during use to protect state secret information. Research and comprehensively evaluate the necessity of amending the Law on Cryptography to ensure both the protection of state secrets and the promotion of technological development, meeting the requirements and tasks in the new revolutionary period...

Updated on October 22, 2025

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