The Vietnamese Government is vigorously selling science and expertise, innovation and digital transformation, steadily making them a brand new pillar of the nation’s growth mannequin.
THE HANOI TIMES — Vietnam is looking for the United Nations (UN)’s coverage steerage and worldwide experience to advance cybersecurity, digital transformation and science expertise.
At a gathering with Amandeep Singh Gill, UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy on Technology to the UN Secretary-General in Hanoi this week, General Luong Tam Quang, Minister of Public Security stated that the UN’s coverage advices and help will help creating international locations shortly entry superior sci-tech achievements and steadily improve their very own technological capability.
Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang meets with Amandeep Singh Gill, UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy on Technology to the UN Secretary-General. Photos: VGP
“The Ministry of Public Security prioritizes cooperation with UN agencies in capacity building for transnational crime prevention, peacekeeping, gender equality promotion and counter-terrorism.,” stated Quang.
Quang stated Vietnam extremely values the UN’s shut collaboration with the nation in efficiently signing the UN Convention against Cybercrime (Hanoi Convention) in October 2025, describing it as a big milestone in fostering worldwide cooperation on cybersecurity.
The minister referred to as on the UN to proceed supporting tasks in Vietnam to advertise a secure and inclusive digital transformation, with an emphasis on neighborhood digital security and stronger cybersecurity and information safety capacities.
Gill congratulated Vietnam on the profitable signing of the Hanoi Convention and praised the nation’s more and more proactive function in worldwide agreements, significantly in AI and cybersecurity.
He reaffirmed the UN’s dedication to supporting Vietnam in digital transformation policymaking, expertise governance requirements, and enhanced cybercrime prevention, expressing confidence that UN-Vietnam cooperation will proceed to develop and profit the worldwide neighborhood.
A crew accountable for digital transformation and cybersecurity in Vietnam.
Also this week, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung hosted Amandeep Singh Gill, informing the UN official about a few of Vietnam’s achievements in sci-tech growth, innovation and digital transformation
Dung underscored that the 2 sides have recorded progress of their sci-tech relations, with cooperation in strategic areas matching international tendencies and bilateral cooperation demand.
Calling on the UN to facilitate Vietnam to hold out particular cooperation features, the Deputy PM proposed the world’s largest multilateral group increase cooperation in constructing digital capability for Vietnamese specialists and scientists.
Dung thanked and requested the Under-Secretary-General in addition to his colleagues to maintain supporting and selling collaboration actions with Vietnam in science expertise, innovation and digital transformation.