Vietnam’s Minister of Public Security To Lam in a working briefing in January 2022 requested the Cybersecurity Department to trace the source of information that the state considers “malicious.”
The website of the Ministry of Public Security said the above information on January 26 when there are only a few days left until the 2022 Lunar New Year.
Accordingly, for the protection of national security, ensuring social order and safety, Mr. To Lam asked the police of the units and localities to firmly grasp, closely forecast the situation; fight and prevent blocking anti-destructive activities of hostile forces, proactively detecting, preventing, and stopping early and at the grassroots, preventing complicated security and order incidents from happening.
The government of this one-party state often calls those who fight for democracy, human rights or peacefully criticize the state’s wrong policies as “hostile forces.”
Mr. To Lam also assigned the Department of Cybersecurity and Crime Prevention to proactively organize the verification and tracing “at the root,” the starting point for spreading malicious information, and promptly prevent and disable it, do not let bad actors take advantage of it to provoke and disrupt the security and order situation in the country, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
Minister To Lam in 2021 caused a stir in domestic and international public opinion, after the “salt sprinkled” video Salt Bae put a piece of gold-plated beef in his mouth while accompanying Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to the UK to attend the climate change summit.
The domestic press did not mention this information at all and questioned where the money was for this man and Chief of Office of the Ministry of Public Security To An Xo to pay for the expensive meal at the most luxurious restaurant in London.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
