Malaysia and Vietnam strengthen security cooperation with cybersecurity MoU

MELAKA: Malaysia and Vietnam have agreed to strengthen their security cooperation through a new cross-border memorandum of understanding, following a meeting between Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail and Vietnam’s Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang at the 19th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime.

Both ministers focused specifically on enhancing cybersecurity collaboration between their two nations. Malaysia confirmed it is currently in the process of acceding to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime.