GOVERNMENT SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness No.: 24/2018/QH14 Ha Noi, 12 June 2018 LAW ON CYBERSECURITY Pursuant to the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; The National Assembly hereby promulgates the Law on Cybersecurity. CHAPTER 1 General Provisions Article 1 Governing scope This Law regulates activities of protecting national security and ensuring social order and safety in cyberspace; and the responsibilities of agencies, organizations and individuals involved. Article 2 Definitions In this Law, the following terms are construed as follows: 1. Cybersecurity means the assurance that activities in cyberspace will not cause harm to [infringe]1 national security, social order and safety, or the lawful rights and interests of agencies, organizations and individuals. 2. Cybersecurity protection means the prevention, detection, avoidance of and dealing with acts which infringe cybersecurity. 3. Cyberspace means the connected network of information technology [IT] infrastructure comprising telecom networks, the Internet, computer networks, information systems, information processing and control systems, and databases, where [being the environment in which] people perform social acts without being limited by space and time. 4. National cyberspace means cyberspace established, managed and controlled by the Government. 5. National cyberspace infrastructure means the system of technical and material facilities in order to [which] create, transmit, collect, process, archive and exchange information in national cyberspace comprising: (a) Transmission systems comprising the national transmission system, internationally connected transmission systems, satellite systems and transmission systems of enterprises providing services on telecom networks and on the Internet and other added value services in cyberspace; (b) Core service systems comprising the national information flow and navigation system, the national domain name resolution system (DNS), the national authentication system [public key infrastructure 1 Allens footnote: Square brackets contain translator's comments only. Allens - Vietnam Laws Online Database on www.vietnamlaws.com 1