During this month, payment systems were the most common phishing cases detected by Kaspersky, representing 11.77 percent of all phishing and over 44 percent of financial phishing. The increase in online transactions in Vietnam during the pandemic has facilitated the proliferation of phishing with pages impersonating popular payment systems such as Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and more. The percentages are from anonymised data based on the triggering of the deterministic component in the Kaspersky’s Anti-Phishing system on user computers. The component detects all pages with phishing content that the user has tried to open by following a link in an e-mail message or on the web, as long as links to these pages are present in the Kaspersky database. As more and more users shop online, phishing attempts targeting e-shops also increase, accounting for 30 percent of financial phishing cases. Bank-related phishing, with the example below showing pages impersonating Vietcombank, … [Read more...] about A quarter of phishing attempts in Vietnam last April are financial-related
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Defence Minister Giang meets Lao, Japanese, Cambodian counterparts
Minister of National Defence General Phan Văn Giang (left) meets his Lao counterpart. — Photo qdnd.vn PHNOM PENH — Minister of National Defence General Phan Văn Giang held bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Laos, Japan and Cambodia on Tuesday while he was in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for the 16th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM). Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Laos General Chansamone Chanyalath thanked the Government and Ministry of National Defence of Việt Nam, particularly military units stationed along the border with Laos, for their timely support at the time of hardship. The two sides agreed that their ministries will closely coordinate with each other to organise activities to celebrate the Việt Nam-Laos and Laos-Việt Nam Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022, and implement the cooperation plan for this year. Giang also used the occasion to express his deepest thanks to the close coordination of Lao military units in searching and … [Read more...] about Defence Minister Giang meets Lao, Japanese, Cambodian counterparts
Defence Minister Giang meets Lao, Japanese, Cambodian counterparts on sidelines of ADMM-16
Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang meets with his Japanese counterpart Kishi Nobuo while he was in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for the 16th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM). (Photo: Quan Doi Nhan Dan) Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang had bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Laos, Japan and Cambodia on June 21 while he was in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for the 16th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM), reported Quan doi Nhan dan (People’s Army) newspaper. In their meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Laos General Chansamone Chanyalath thanked the Government and Ministry of National Defence of Vietnam, particularly military units stationed along the border with Laos, for their timely support at the time of hardship. The two sides agreed that their ministries will closely coordinate with each other to organise activities to celebrate the Vietnam-Laos and Laos -Vietnam Solidarity and Friendship Year … [Read more...] about Defence Minister Giang meets Lao, Japanese, Cambodian counterparts on sidelines of ADMM-16
Defense minister holds bilateral meeting with counterparts from Laos, Japan and Cambodia
At the meeting with Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister General Chansamone Chanyalath, General Giang was informed by the Lao counterpart on his country’s COVID-19 prevention and control efforts. The Lao Deputy PM and Defense Minister also thanked the Vietnamese government and defense ministry for supporting the Lao government and people in difficult periods. General Phan Van Giang, in turn, shared with his Lao counterpart on the COVID-19 situation in Vietnam, stressing that the country has controlled the pandemic and removed restrictions, brought people’s lives to new normal status, recovered production and tourism activities. On the occasion, General Giang also congratulated Laos for successfully controlling the pandemic and believed that Vietnam’s neighboring country will stabilize the people’s lives soon as in the pre-pandemic period. The two defense leaders agreed that the defense bilateral ties have been increasingly enhanced in all aspects in a practical and … [Read more...] about Defense minister holds bilateral meeting with counterparts from Laos, Japan and Cambodia
Minister appreciates ambassador’s contributions to Vietnam-Australia defence ties
Defence Minister Gen. Phan Van Giang (fifth from right), Australian Ambassador Robyn Mudie (fourth from left), and other officials at the meeting on June 24 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang received outgoing Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Robyn Mudie in Hanoi on June 24, highly valuing the latter’s contributions to the two countries’ strategic partnership in multiple aspects, including defence cooperation. He thanked the Australian Government and people for donating over 22 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Vietnam, and the Australian Department of Defence for providing medical supplies worth 1.5 million AUD (1 million USD) for its Vietnamese counterpart to support the pandemic fight. The host official also appreciated Australia’s assistance for Vietnam’s UN peacekeeping force, especially in the transportation of level-2 field hospitals to the mission in South Sudan. Such flights not only helped Vietnam deploy its … [Read more...] about Minister appreciates ambassador’s contributions to Vietnam-Australia defence ties
Army’s Political Commissar visits veterans
PANO – A high-ranking delegation of the General Department of Politics, led by Standing Member of the Central Military Commission and Chief of the General Department of Politics, Senior Lieutenant General Ngo Xuan Lich, paid a working visit to the Central Committee of the Vietnam Veterans’ Association on December 6 th . Lieutenant General Tran Hanh, Chairman of the Vietnam Veterans’ Association; Vice-Chairmen of the Association and other leaders of the Association, warmly received the delegation of the General Department of Politics. At the meeting, on behalf of the Central Military Commission, Senior Lieutenant General Ngo Xuan Lich briefed leaders of the Vietnam Veterans’ Association on some outstanding results of the leadership and implementation of the Party and political works of Party organizations at all levels across the Army over the past time. The Chief of the General Department of Politics said that the Central Military Commission’s criticism and self-criticism … [Read more...] about Army’s Political Commissar visits veterans