Hanoi, July 20 -- Vietnam must strengthen its ability to counter increasingly sophisticated "cognitive warfare" campaigns that exploit artificial intelligence and social media to undermine public trust, social cohesion and internal unity, experts have said, calling for faster official communications, stronger digital capabilities and a more proactive approach to safeguarding the Party's ideological foundation.

Speaking at a recent conference reviewing information, education and mass mobilisation work in the first half of 2026, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Chairman of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilisation Trinh Van Quyet said hostile forces are increasin...