On the afternoon of 25 June 2026, in Vientiane, Laos, the National Electronic Authentication Center of Vietnam (NEAC) – Viet Nam Ministry of Science and Technology, in collaboration with the Lao National Internet Center (LANIC) – Ministry of Technology and Communications of Laos, organized a Vietnam-Laos workshop on developing digital trust infrastructure and making use of digital signatures in varied fields.
Attending the workshop, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Bui Hoang Phuong and Lao Deputy Minister of Technology and Communications Keovisouk Solaphom held a bilateral assembly.
Vietnamese Vice Minister of Science and Technology Bui Hoang Phuong and Lao Vice Minister of Technology and Communications Keovisouk Solaphom attended and delivered opening remarks on the workshop.
The workshop was attended by representatives and specialists from specialised administration businesses, organizations, and expertise companies of each nations.
Connecting the digital stempo on the foundation of a special friendship
In his opening remarks on the workshop, Vietnamese Vice Minister of Science and Technology Bui Hoang Phuong affirmed that the good friendship, particular solidarity, and complete cooperation between Vietnam and Laos is a useful asset. In the context of robust digital transformation, cooperation in science, expertise, and digital trust between the 2 nations is turning into more and more sensible and in-depth.
Vice Minister Bui Hoang Phuong extremely appreciated the persistent coordination between NEAC and LANIC in sustaining the annual sequence of workshops and coaching classes between the 2 sides. These actions have constructed trust, fostered skilled capability, and created a strong basis for extra strategic varieties of cooperation sooner or later.
Commending the efforts of the 2 facilities in proactively researching and developing a typical Trust List, deliberate for pilot implementation within the customs sector, the Deputy Minister emphasised: “This will be a landmark mechanism for the direct cross-recognition of digital signatures from both countries, a key to creating “sensible border crossings”, streamlining customs procedures, and creating a superior competitive advantage for businesses in both countries”.
Deputy Minister Bui Hoang Phuong expressed confidence that, from today’s concrete and practical cooperation, the two sides will continue to expand to more strategic and larger-scale forms of cooperation: from connecting individual digital transactions to interoperability across entire systems; from trust between organizations to sustainable trust between the two countries in the digital space.
Vietnam is always ready to accompany, share experiences, and support Laos in building appropriate institutions and developing infrastructure to jointly create a safe and reliable digital ecosystem, contributing to the goal of building a prosperous ASEAN Digital Community.
Meanwhile, Lao Deputy Minister of Technology and Communications Keovisouk Solaphom highly appreciated Vietnam’s digital transformation achievements over the past 10 years in the fields of electronic invoices, taxation, finance, healthcare, education, etc., and considered this invaluable practical experience for Laos.
In the context of Laos implementing its Digital Economy Vision 2040 and the Digital Transformation Plan 2026-2030, Deputy Minister Keovisouk Solaphom affirmed: “Digital signatures are a core software for id verification, knowledge safety, and constructing on-line digital trust”.
The Deputy Minister expressed confidence that the cooperation between LANIC and NEAC will open up breakthrough options to advertise safe digital transactions and drive the sustainable growth of Laos’ digital financial system.
Sharing sensible experiences and technological options
At the workshop, delegates listened to in-depth displays from audio system from each nations, offering a complete and substantive view of options to advertise the appliance of digital signatures:
Representatives from LANIC, the Lao Ministry of Finance, and the Government’s Digital Transformation Center introduced on the present state of digital signature growth and its utility in Laos’ Integrated Financial Management Information System.
Meanwhile, NEAC representatives shared an outline of the trusted infrastructure (together with digital signature authentication providers, timestamping providers, and knowledge message authentication), together with experiences in making use of digital signatures in typical sectors in Vietnam.
Viettel-CA representatives launched superior digital signature fashions (USB Token, SIM CA, MySign Cloud) and sensible expertise in deploying digital signature integration/connectivity infrastructure within the finance, banking, and customs sectors in Vietnam, serving to to optimize working prices and improve person expertise.
Realizing the aim of mutual recognition and constructing a typical “Trust List”
One of the important thing areas of explicit curiosity to leaders from each side was selling cross-recognition of digital signatures to facilitate cross-border transactions.
NEAC Director To Thi Thu Huong said, “To realize strategic goals, NEAC proposes that both sides soon establish a Joint Working Group to study, develop, and operate a Common Trust List between Vietnam and Laos, considering this as an important technical and legal foundation to promote interoperability and mutual recognition between digital signature certification service providers and trust service providers of the two countries”.
Advanced technical training for LANIC staff
Within the framework of the annual cooperation between NEAC and LANIC Laos, NEAC collaborated with LANIC to prepare a technical coaching program particularly for LANIC workers this morning.
During the coaching, NEAC specialists instantly guided and transferred in-depth technical experience on: Operating Root CA and Sub CA techniques; configuring {hardware} safety gadgets (HSM); and the method of creating, configuring, and revoking digital certificates.
This is a sensible cooperation exercise that helps Lao workers enhance their technical experience, optimize the administration and operation of the digital certificates issuance system for steady, safe, and sustainable operation./.
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