Vietnam attends France conference on high-tech crime prevention
Ambassador Nguyen Minh Vu laid stress on the significance of the Hanoi Convention, particularly to the Asia – Pacific, to handling legal gaps in international cooperation against rapidly increasing global cybercrime.
A view of the Octopus Conference 2025 on combating high-tech crimes (Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Paris (VNA) – Ambassador Nguy𒆙en Minh Vu led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the Octopus Conference 20ꦺ25 on combating high-tech crimes held at the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg, France from June 4-5.
Held every 12 to 18 months by the Council of Europe, the event constitutes one of the biggest and finest platforms of exchange in cybercrime, gathering experts from more than 100 countries, international organisations, private sector and academia.
At the opening plenary session, Ambassador Vu shared information about the new UN Convention against Cybercrime, known as the Hanoi Convention, and announced the signing ceremony will take place in the Vietnamese capital city on October 25-26.
The diplomat laid stress on the significance of the Hanoi Convention, particularly to the Asia – Pacific, to handling legal gaps in international cooperation against rapidly increasing global cybercrime. He stated that the convention, designed to complement the Budapest Convention and open to all countries, will establish a common legal framework to promote responsible behaviour in cyberspace, enabling countries to cooperate more effectively in combating high-tech crimes.
Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Minh Vu addresses the event. (Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Beyond legal significance, the signing ceremony, Vu said, will feature high-level discussions, side events, and an exhibition, creating a dynamic forum for dialogue and practical experience sharing to accelerate the convention’s entry into force and ensure its effective implementation.
He took the occasion to invite signatories to the Budapest Convention, regional and international organsiations, and relevant non-governmental organisations to the ceremony, demonstrating their determination to work together for a safe, just, and law-governed digital future.
Experts from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNOCD) and the European Commission, and Microsoft affirmed the compatibility between the two conventions which facilitate experience sharing, particularly capacity-building activities and 24/7 cooperation models.
On the conference sidelines, Vu had meetings with Ghana's Minister of Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovation, Guatemala's Deputy Minister of Interior, Malaysia's Deputy Director-General of the National Cyber Security Agency, and delegation heads from Nigeria, Australia, and France to discuss high-tech crime issues. Vu also extended invitations to high-level representatives from the countries to the signing ceremony. In response, the countries expressed strong interest in, saying they are completing procedures to send delegations to Vietnam for the event./.
The UNODC has affirmed that it will closely cooperate with Vietnam to successfully organise the signing ceremony for the UN Anti-cybercrime Convention (also known as the Hanoi Convention) and to encourage countries to ratify it.
The diplomat affirmed that the signing ceremony, slated for October in the Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi, is not merely a formal signing event, but also conveys a message of international cooperation in combating this type of crime, as well as providing an opportunity for international friends to better understand Vietnam, and its culture, and people.
Vietnam is committed to ensuring that the upcoming signing ceremony of the UN Convention against Cybercrime in Hanoi will serve as a meaningful forum to promote the implementation of the convention and strengthen global cooperation in combating cybercrime.
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