On the afternoon of March 25, in Hanoi, General To Lam, Politburo member, Minister of Public Security received Professor Thomas J. Vallely, Senior Advisor of Harvard Kennedy School, USA.
At the meeting, Minister To Lam expressed his pleasure to see that in recent times, Vietnamese and US authorities have promoted meaningful cooperation activities to concretize and implement Action content on the basis of the two countries upgrading their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership. The authorities of both sides are actively promoting the contents of the Joint Declaration and Action Plan with high expectations in areas such as semiconductors, digital transformation, artificial intelligence and new technologies.
Minister To Lam affirmed that the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam is very interested in cooperation and professional exchange programs with institutes and research centers of Harvard University. At the same time, Minister To Lam pointed out that cooperation between the Ministry of Public Security and US information technology businesses can bring significant benefits in improving the ability to prevent and combat threats. threats in cyberspace, develop cyber security measures and improve the effectiveness of fighting cybercrime in Vietnam.
At the meeting, the two sides agreed to evaluate that in recent times, the authorities of Vietnam and the United States have held many dialogue sessions, focusing on many contents to promote cooperation on cybersecurity such as: Producing training content, improving capacity in cyber security, foreign languages as well as professional coordination between authorities on both sides; Promote the signing of documents on cybersecurity between the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam and the US National Security Council authorities as well as the US ASEAN Business Council.
In addition, the Ministry of Public Security has proactively contributed opinions and developed a comprehensive international convention on combating the use of information and communications technology for criminal purposes by the United Nations as well as the Resolution of the Congress. United Nations Council on promoting “safe, secure and trustworthy” artificial intelligence (AI) systems proposed by the United States.
Minister To Lam affirmed that, in order to solve the challenges of training high-quality human resources as well as policy issues and building a legal corridor in the field of cybersecurity and new technology, the Ministry The Vietnamese police are very interested in cooperation and professional exchange programs with institutes and research centers of Harvard University.
“Cooperative activities between the Ministry of Public Security and Harvard University will be a concrete demonstration of cooperative efforts between Vietnam and the United States in the context of the two countries upgrading their relationship to a Strategic Partnership. comprehensive", Minister To Lam emphasized.
Professor Thomas J. Vallely would like to thank Minister To Lam for taking the time to receive and appreciate the good cooperation between US law enforcement agencies and the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security; emphasized that Vietnam has many opportunities to deploy and develop AI infrastructure. The Advisor expressed his pleasure in seeing that Vietnam and the United States have had good experience in cooperating in the fight against cybercrime, and wished that this cooperative relationship would continue in the future. growing more and more.
VNA