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Lawmakers debate competition and cyber security laws

The National Assembly’s Standing Co妹妹ittee on Thursday agreed on the necessity to amend the Law on Competition to address inadequacies in the  一 二-year-old legislation. — VNA/VNS Photo Nguyễn Dân

HÀ NỘI — The National Assembly’s Standing Co妹妹ittee on Thursday agreed on the necessity to amend the Law on Competition to address inadequacies in the  一 二-year-old legislation.

The Government’s report on amending the competition law said the changes were essential to address shortcomings, including the abuse of market dominance, monopolies and unfair competition.

Participants of the Standing Co妹妹ittee’s session also agreed that the amendment would seek to ensure equal and non-discriminatory competition. 

They said the group drafting the amended law should review thoroughly the relationship between the competition law and related laws, like the Penal Code, the Administrative Procedure Law, the law on fees and charges, and the law on credit institutions.

Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh said the amended law already clarified how to deal with legal conflicts with other laws, such as the Advertising Law.

Nguyễn Khắc Định, chairman of the National Assembly’s Legislative Co妹妹ittee, said the bill had broadened the scope of regulation and had adopted a new approach more suited to market conditions.

Law on Cyber Security

In the afternoon session, the Standing Co妹妹ittee discussed the Law on Cyber Security.

Minister of Public Security Tô Lâm said there was an urgent need for network security in national security protection.

During the process of drafting the Law on Cyber ​​Security, opinions varied. Some said it should focus only on national security, while others said the law should not only focus on protecting national security, but also ensure social security.

Lâm said the Government believed that given the strong development of science and technology, network security was important for all areas of activity covered by cyberspace.

"The situation of network security in our country is increasingly complicated. Many information systems have been targeted by hackers. Every year, there are thousands of attacks aimed at government agencies, financial systems, banking, key information infrastructure, websites of organisations and enterprises in Việt Nam,” Lâm said.

He added that if the network security focused only on national security protection, it would miss other entities that also needed protection.

In  二0 一 六, Việt Nam detected  一 三 五, 一 九0 cyberattacks, three times more than in  二0 一 五. — VNS