The Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention has a new name
The Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention and Control will be renamed the Department of Cyber Security from September 15, 2026.
On September 15, the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention, Ministry of Public Security, announced that, implementing Decree No. 10/2026/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 02/2025/ND-CP dated February 18, 2025 of the Government stipulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Public Security and Decision No. 5796/QD-BCA on the implementation of name conversion, from today, the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention will officially change its name to Department of Cyber Security.
On August 28, 2014, the Ministry of Public Security announced the decision to establish the Cyber Security Department, under the Ministry of Public Security. At that time, Lieutenant General Hoang Phuoc Thuan was assigned to hold the position of Director.
4 years later, the Cyber Security Department merged with the High-Tech Crime Prevention Police Department and renamed itself the Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department. Lieutenant General Nguyen Minh Chinh assumed the position of Director.
On September 15, the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention and Control changed its original name to the Department of Cyber Security. Lieutenant General Le Xuan Minh holds the position of Director.
On September 15, the Ministry of Public Security also announced the decision to establish the Department of Information Technology and Cipher Technology, on the basis of merging the Department of Information Technology and the Department of Telecommunications and Cipher Technology. The organizational structure includes 12 department-level units, Major General Le Khac Thuyet was assigned to hold the position of Director.
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