TTLV: International cooperation in the field of cybersecurity at the Ministry of Information and Communications.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASTER'S THESIS

1. Student's full name: BUI THANH HA; 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: May 9, 1974

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision No. 2797/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 28, 2012, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, recognizing the student.

6. Changes in the training process:

(Note the types of changes and the corresponding times)

7. Thesis title: International cooperation in the field of cybersecurity at the Ministry of Information and Communications.

8. Major: International Relations; Code: 60310206.

9. Scientific supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hoang Khac Nam, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

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10. Summary of the thesis results:

This thesis has researched and clarified three aspects: the theoretical and practical basis of the research problem; the current state of the research problem; and recommendations for solutions to improve the effectiveness of the research problem. The research results have clarified the overall picture of current international cooperation activities on cybersecurity at the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Today, the use of computer networks is increasing rapidly in Vietnam and around the world, but the downside is the constant threat of network insecurity to individuals and nations. Due to the global connectivity of network systems, no single individual or nation can cope with attacks on these systems alone. Therefore, international cooperation is essential in ensuring computer network security.

The Ministry of Information and Communications is the state management agency responsible for ensuring the security of civil networks throughout Vietnam. Therefore, the Ministry represents Vietnam in international cooperation activities on civil network security. Since 2009, the Ministry has effectively fulfilled its role in these activities, contributing significantly to enhancing national network security capabilities, promoting integration, and raising Vietnam's standing in the international arena.

However, alongside the positive results achieved, several limitations remain regarding the legal framework, human resources, technical infrastructure, and methods of foreign affairs operations. This thesis recommends solutions to overcome these limitations and proposes new approaches to enhance the effectiveness of these activities.

This is the first research topic on international cooperation in the field of cybersecurity at the Ministry of Information and Communications, therefore the results of this thesis are entirely new research findings.

11. Practical applications:

All the research findings of this thesis are immediately applicable in practice. These results help the Ministry of Information and Communications build a database on international cooperation activities in the field of cybersecurity within the Ministry; provide systematic assessments of these activities; and enable the Ministry to apply the highly practical solutions recommended in this thesis. The reasons are: the conclusions of the thesis are synthesized from practical experience; the proposed solutions are based on effective practical applications; and the author of the thesis has the opportunity to implement them in practice within the Ministry of Information and Communications.

12. Future research directions:

Firstly, ensuring cybersecurity is not solely the responsibility of the Ministry of Information and Communications, but involves many other ministries and agencies. In particular, international cooperation on cybersecurity has been, is being, and will continue to be implemented by other units, such as the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security. This thesis has not had the opportunity to deeply assess the effectiveness of these activities in other ministries and agencies. Secondly, developing a "set of criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of managing international cooperation on cybersecurity" for application in Vietnam would help improve the quality and effectiveness of this evaluation.

Therefore, further, more in-depth research on these topics is needed.

13. Published works related to the thesis:

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: BUI THANH HA .......................... 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: May 9, 1974................................... 4. Place of birth: Hanoi, Vietnam.

5. Admission decision number: 2797/QD-XHNV-SDH, Dated 28^thDecember 2012

6. Changes in academic process: .........................................................................................

(List the forms of change and corresponding times)

7. Official thesis title: International cooperation on cyber-security at Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).

8. Major: International Relations ......................... 9. Code: 60310206 .............................

10. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Hoang Khac Nam. ........................................................................

(Full name, academic title and degree)

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: ..............................................................................

Thesis researched 3 contents: theoretical and practical basis of the research issue; current status of research issue; recommendations to improve performances of the research issue. All of these clarify the overall of the activities of international cooperation on cyber-security of MIC.

Nowadays, the use of computer network, especially the internet, is more and more popular. Besides, the cyber attack threads can happen for all the users and countries. Because of global connection nobody and not any countries can alone protect themselves on the network. So, international cooperation is needed to secure network.

Ministry of Information and Communications is responsible for civil cyber-security management for the whole Vietnam. Therefore MIC is the representative of Vietnam for all international cooperation in this area. Since 2009 MIC plays this role in the related activities effectively. This contributes to raising the capacity of Vietnam on cyber-security, to tie the relationship between Vietnam and foreign countries, to improve Vietnam image in international community.

But there are still some weaknesses related to legal basis, human resources, technical infrastructure, cooperation methods. Thesis recommends the solutions to resolve this weakness and proposes the new methods to improve the performances of these activities.

This is the first research on this area at MIC, so the results of the thesis are the new ones.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

The research results of thesis have practical applicability right away. These results are able to help MIC to build the database of international cooperation on cyber-security activities, to evaluate throughout all of the MIC activities in this area. And MIC can apply the recommended solutions during their mission completion. Because the conclusions of thesis originate from the reality, the recommended solutions already tested in practical works and the author of thesis is working in this area at MIC.

13. Further research directions, if any:

First, cyber-security is not the job of MIC alone. It needs the cooperation of many ministries, such as Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Public Security. Thesis still has not conditions enough to evaluate the activities in all those Ministries. Second, if the benchmark of international cooperation on cyber-security management is built, it will help to evaluate the performances of these activities in Vietnam.

So it is needed to have the further researches on the above two contents.

14. Thesis-related publications: ..........................................................................................