20. Information system means a combination of telecommunications and information
technology equipment, including hardware, software and database serving the storage,
processing, transmission, sharing, exchange, provision and use of information.
21. Website means an information system used for establishing one or multiple pages of
information that are displayed in the form of symbols, digits, text, image and sound and
other forms of information serving the provision and use of information on the Internet.
22. Social network means an information system that provides its users with such
services as storage, provision, use, search, sharing and exchange of information,
including the provision of the service of creating private websites, forums, online chat
rooms, audio and video sharing, and other similar services.
23. Information safety means the protection of information and information systems from
illegal access, use, revelation, interruption, alteration or destruction in order to ensure the
integrity, security and utility of information.
24. Information security means the assurance that online information does not undermine
national security, social order and safety, state secrets, and the rights and lawful interests
of organizations and individuals.
Article 4. Policies on the development and management of Internet and online
information
1. Promoting the use of Internet in all economic and social activities, especially in
education and training, health care, and scientific and technological research in order to
raise productivity, create jobs and improve the quality of life.
2. Encouraging the development of contents and applications in Vietnamese to serve the
Vietnamese community on the Internet. Intensifying the upload of healthy and useful
information to the Internet.
3. Developing broadband Internet infrastructure to schools, hospitals, research institutes,
libraries, state agencies, enterprises, public Internet access points, and households.
Attaching importance to the universalization of Internet services in rural areas, deep-lying
and remote areas, border areas, islands, and areas facing extreme socio-economic
difficulties.