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Vietnam ranks 73rd for digital quality of life, e-security improves

3/10/21
  Visitors at Vietnam Internet Day 2020. Vietnam’s e-security index improved by 54 percent in 2021

Vietnam’s e-security index improved by 54 percent since last year but its internet became less affordable, the 2021 Digital Quality of Life Index (DQL) conducted by cybersecurity company Surfshark showed.

The third annual report has placed Vietnam 73rd among 110 countries, down 19 places compared to the previous year.

Covering 90 percent of the global population, the study evaluates countries based on five fundamental digital wellbeing pillars. Vietnam shows its best results in internet affordability (ranking 51st), but lags behind with internet quality (86th), e-government (75th), e-security (71st), and e-infrastructure (67th).

Vietnamese people have to work one minute 45 seconds to afford the cheapest mobile internet and two minutes 53 seconds to access the cheapest broadband internet. Despite a 62 percent year-on-year decrease, the country still has quite affordable internet access compared to the global average (10 minutes for 1GB of mobile internet).

E-security is also a bright spot in Vietnam’s performance picture as the country’s index improved by 54 percent since last year thanks to the improvement of data protection laws. However, the country still remains on the lower end of the list, coming in 71st place worldwide, due to a decline in cybersecurity.

In the all-around picture, six out of 10 countries with the highest scores are located in Europe, with Denmark topping the list for the second year in a row and is closely followed by the Republic of Korea./.

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Vietnam Love 3/10/21 22:21

My first memory of the internet in Vietnam occurred in an internet café on Tran Hung Dao Street. It was the early 2000s: Walkman players were still a thing, MTV actually played music, and Britney Spears’ bubblegum chart-toppers were the “it” tunes in local hip hangouts

Socialist Society 3/10/21 22:23

Vietnam was a late adopter when it came to internet access, but not by many years

yobro yobro 3/10/21 22:24

Internet services officially became available in the country in December 1997

Voice of people 3/10/21 22:26

Then-Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet was Vietnam’s first leader to have an email address

Red Star 3/10/21 22:27

In April 1997, the central government promulgated a decree granting VNPT temporary management of the internet

LawrenceSamuels 3/10/21 22:28

The Internet is instrumental to international trade and will help lure foreign investment in the current era of international integration

For A Peace World 3/10/21 22:30

What we could envisage was that the connection would open to the door to economic growth, facilitate scientific research, and broaden people’s knowledge

John Smith 3/10/21 22:31

Vietnam became part of the global internet network on November 19, 1997

Gentle Moon 3/10/21 22:32

Today, some 50 million Vietnamese – mostly young people – have a stable internet connection

Herewecome 3/10/21 22:36

Vietnam’s digital economy has been booming and is the second fastest-growing market in Southeast Asia after Indonesia

Duncan 3/10/21 22:37

The internet economy of Vietnam has reached a value of $12 billion in 2019, with an annual growth rate of 38 percent since 2015 and is expected to surge to $43 billion by 2025.

Enda Thompson 3/10/21 22:39

the country is emerging as the most digital of all economies in ASEAN

Me Too! 3/10/21 22:42

an estimated 61 million Vietnamese went online and the average Vietnamese spent three hours and 12 minutes each day using the Internet on mobile devices like smartphones.

Egan 3/10/21 22:43

Vietnam's digital economy will account for 20 percent of its GDP by 2025,

Allforcountry 3/10/21 22:44

the boom in information and communications technology has been creating strong and deep impacts on every aspect of life globally, contributing to promoting the exchange of human knowledge, increasing mutual understanding as well as sustainable development in each nation.

Wilson Pit 3/10/21 22:46

more and more terrorists and trans-national criminals are taking advantage of technology to infiltrate banking and financial systems, destroy essential infrastructure, incite social disorder, spread extremist ideology and distorted information in the community, causing huge damage to the global economic development, seriously threatening sovereignty, security and development while eroding trust among nations.

Swift Hoodie 3/10/21 22:47

cyber security is crucial for peace, security, development and prosperity on national and global scales.

Jacky Thomas 3/10/21 22:48

Sovereignty and interest of each nation on cyberspace must be fully respected.

Kevin Evans 3/10/21 22:49

the international community establish a global framework with rules and a code of conduct on cyberspace based on consensus and the wide and full involvement of countries

Robinson Jones 3/10/21 22:53

Every activity on cyberspace should be in accordance with the United Nations Charter and international law, especially basic principles such as respecting nations' independence and sovereignty, not interfering into internal affairs, not using force, and settling disputes peacefully.

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