Vietnam cuts domestic server requirement for foreign firms from cyber-security bill

Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security has scrapped an article requiring foreign tech giants such as Google and Facebook to install servers in Vietnam from its draft cyber-security law. The adjustment, which was presented for discussion on Wednesday at a session of Vietnam’s legislative National Assembly was made after the previous version of the bill was opposed by both lawmakers and experts. According to the adjusted bill, foreign telecommunications and/or internet services in Vietnam should obey the law, respect Vietnam’s national sovereignty, interests and security and open representative offices in the country if they have at least 10,000 Vietnamese users or if requested to do so by the government. While no longer requiring a server to be located in the country, the bill still requires foreign enterprises to store data on Vietnamese users in Vietnam, as well as important data collected or generated from activities in the country. “The earlier version required servers to be located in Vietnam, but there are opinions saying servers also handle many other activities so the bill no longer requires servers, only data. Scientists have also discussed and concluded that this is the crux of the problem,” Minister of Public Security To Lam said. At the session,… Read full this story

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