A Workshop held on ‘Information Security Policies towards Developing of E-Governance’ by Vietnam Information Security Association (VNISA) and Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) revealed major cyber security concerns for the nation. The workshop was conducted in order to implement Prime Minister’s Instruction and the Guidelines of Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) on the protection of websites against attacks and data thefts. Underlining the importance of e-government development in Vietnamese public sector agencies, and information security as the primary concern, the workshop was attended by Hon’ble Dr. Nguyen vice Minister, MIC and Dr. Vu Quoc Khanh, Director General, VNCERT besides other important dignitaries. Major General Dr. Nguyen Viet, the former Head of the Informatics Agency under the Ministry of Public Security, identified that network security would continue to be a burning problem in 2012, and may even lead to large-scale cyber-warfare. Most of the Vietnamese government websites are yet not interactive and lacks full electronic case handling and other formal in-person procedure. Moreover, a survey of VNCERT reports that 53 per cent of state agencies units, which have information security systems cannot record attack behavior. It has also estimated that 78 per cent of the websites are vulnerable to attack at any time. With such loopholes, if an attack is carried out, it would be very difficult to continue with the operations of the whole system. The Vietnam Information Security Association carried out an assessment of 100 websites of government agencies (.gov.vn), and found that 80 per cent of websites do not apply safeguards such as intrusion prevention systems. According to a new report a local Internet security firm Bkav last year, Computer viruses cause Vietnam “time damage” worth VND559 billion (US$26.7 million) every month. It further says there were 6.9 million computers affected by malware in April 2012. For Further Information http://english.mic.gov.vn/