3. Prioritizing resources to build a specialized force responsible for the protection of cybersecurity [Cybersecurity Task Force or CTF]3, and upgrading the capacity of such force and of other organizations and individuals participating in the protection of cybersecurity; and prioritizing investment in research and development of science and technology for purposes of protecting cybersecurity. 4. Encouraging and facilitating organizations and individuals to participate in protecting cybersecurity and to deal with cybersecurity threats; encouraging and facilitating research and development of technology, products, services and applications for the purpose of protecting cybersecurity; and encouraging and facilitating coordination with functional agencies to protect cybersecurity. 5. Enhancing international cooperation on cybersecurity. Article 4 Principles of cybersecurity protection 1. Compliance with the Constitution and law; ensuring the interests of the State and the lawful rights and interests of agencies, organizations and individuals. 2. Leadership by the Vietnamese Communist Party and uniform administration by the State; mobilization of the combined strength of the political system and the entire nation; and development of the key role of the Cybersecurity Task Force. 3. Close association between tasks for protecting cybersecurity and information systems critical for national security with the tasks for socio-economic development, ensuring human rights and civil rights, and facilitating [all] agencies, organizations and individuals to conduct activities in cyberspace. 4. Proactive prevention, detection, ending, fighting and defeating all acts using cyberspace to infringe national security, social order and safety, or the lawful rights and interests of agencies, organizations and individuals; and readiness to prevent any cybersecurity threat. 5. Implementing cybersecurity protective activities for the national cyberspace infrastructure; applying measures to protect information systems critical for national security. 6. Information systems critical for national security shall be evaluated and certified as satisfying cybersecurity conditions prior to their commissioning for operation and use, and shall be regularly inspected [audited] and supervised for cybersecurity during the process of their use, with prompt response to and remedying of any cybersecurity incident. 7. Any act in breach of the law on cybersecurity must be promptly and strictly dealt with. Article 5 Measures for cybersecurity protection 1. The measures for protecting cybersecurity comprise: (a) Evaluation of cybersecurity; (b) Assessment of cybersecurity conditions; (c) Inspections [audits] of cybersecurity; (d) Supervision of cybersecurity; (dd) Response to and remedying any cybersecurity incident; (e) Fighting [working hard] to protect cybersecurity; 3 Allens footnote: The literal translation is "specialized protective force" but for ease of reference Cybersecurity Task Force or CTF is used throughout. Allens - Vietnam Laws Online Database on www.vietnamlaws.com 3