Vietnam, Cambodia boost information safety cooperation
A conference on social networks and information safety took place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as part of the information and communications collaboration framework between Vietnam and Cambodia.
Phnom Penh (VNA) – A conference on socialnetworks and information safety took place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as part of theinformation and communications collaboration framework between Vietnam andCambodia.
Co-organised by Vietnam’s Ministry of Information andCommunications and Cambodia’s Ministry of Information and Ministry of Post andTelecommunications, the conference drew the attendance of relevant agenciesfrom both sides.
Cambodian Secretary of State at the Information Ministry HuySaravuth stated that Cambodia is well aware of the importance of informationsafety and the harmful effects of fake news online, which have been used byhostile forces to cause instabilities in the country and other part of theworld.
Lauding the organisation of the conference, he said he believesit will help managers, businesses, and people from both nations increase their knowledgeon the matter, exchange experience, and work together in tapping the advantagesof global information connectivity and in ensuring that cybersecurity.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Vu Quang Minh said thatinformation-communications cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia has so farrecorded encouraging outcomes, contributing to the development of the bilateraltraditional friendship and comprehensive partnership.
At the event, speakers and participants exchanged theirexperiences regarding social network management and information safetysolutions. They proposed measures to help the two countries coordinate and warneach other of misinformation and other online risks.
According to Secretary of State Huy Saravuth, Cambodia has around12 million internet users, of which 7 million use social networks.
A report issued in January this year by We are Social, asocial media marketing and advertising agency, showed that around 64 million Vietnamesepeople are online, with 55 million, or 57 percent of the population, using socialmedia accounts. –VNA
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At the conference (Source: VNA) 
