Vietnam has the highest level of cyber insecurity, according to the country's Deputy Prime Minister, Vu Duc Dam.
Vietnam leads the world in terms of malware infection rate via multimedia devices and ranks 10th via online platforms, local online newspaper Vietnam Economic Times quoted Dam as saying Wednesday.
Regarding the number of spam mails, Vietnam has been in the world's top three countries in recent years, after the US and China.
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However, Vietnam tops the list when it comes to the per capita ratio due to its relatively smaller population size.
In 2015, there were a total of 8.19 billion cyber attacks by harmful software, causing a loss of around 500 billion US dollars, Dam said.
Viewing cyber attack as a detrimental threat to the country's economy and security, the Vietnamese deputy prime minister proposed that the legal framework should be further developed alongside with improving people's awareness of the issue.
(Source: Xinhua)
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