Hanoi, Nov. 4 -- The launch ceremony was attended by General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense, alongside representatives of ministries, government agencies, research institutes and technology enterprises.

For more than 80 years, Viet Nam's cipher sector has developed and mastered software-based cryptographic algorithms to safeguard State secrets. However, increasing cybersecurity risks associated with reliance on imported semiconductor components have prompted the need to integrate national cryptographic algorithms directly into hardware.

Under the cooperation framework, M2, a unit of the Government Cipher Committee, is responsib...