Vietnam one of world’s leading sources of spam

Viet Nam is not one of the leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) nations in the world, but it ranks fifth as a source of spam, the Viet Nam Information Security Association said yesterday.

Moreover, many users underestimated the importance of information security in fighting fraud on the internet and failed to take preventive measures, the association told a meeting organised to observe the first national Day of Information Security in HCM City.

The event, held in co-operation with the city’s Department of Information and Communications, aimed at raising awareness of information security in both businesses and public administrative organisations by providing participants with the most up-to-date security technology presented by experts from leading security providers like Microsoft, Kapersky or FPT Telecom.