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The Intelligence Gazette
French military still trackable, Vietnam's new political chair, DGSE checks TV scripts, DGA ups future proofing

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

France Prototype in works to reduce military's digital footprint

Vietnam People's Army opts for continuity with new political chair

France DGSE gets to read The Bureau scripts in advance

France Military procurement agency to look further at unknown future threats

The Intelligence Gazette
War vet club's new PR head, Hanoi's info warfare guru, French intel academy, NRO preps for Congress, EU ready for Republicans

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

France Intelligence services vets club gets new head

Vietnam Information warfare master joins Politburo

France Intelligence academy broadens courses to further circles

Washington NRO adds muscle to Congress liaison office before possible Trump presidency

Washington EU keeps options open with US Republicans

New defence attachés carry French hopes for armament contracts in Indo-Pacific

With the creation of a post in Manila and a replacement in Hanoi, France is continuing to prospect for equipment contracts around the South China Sea, coming up against China's expansionist aims.

Chinese internet control specialist Beyondsoft opens Ho Chi Minh City office

A Chinese actor is moving into Vietnam at a time of a strict application of the country's cybersecurity law.

Spotlight
French domestic spy agency's role in citizenship applications under judicial scrutiny

French courts are dealing with a growing number of counter-espionage cases involving applications for citizenship. On the basis of notes from the DGSI domestic intelligence service, which are sometimes approximate, the courts have to assess the proximity of the applicant or his or her spouse to foreign intelligence services.

Leadership change leaves France hanging over bilateral presidential visits

Paris is concerned about the political transition taking place in Vietnam, with top-level bilateral meetings planned for the end of 2024 and start of 2025.

Hanoi keeps US firms at arms length as political turmoil deepens

The US delegation that just travelled to Vietnam was given a cautious welcome, with the Ministry of Public Security putting off signing memorandums of understanding with the threat of political turbulence looming.

ICOMM spearheading Vietnam's internet surveillance effort

The Vietnamese technology company, which already works for the public security and defence ministries, has won a contract from Ho Chi Minh City, under which it will use artificial intelligence to monitor social media activity.

Thales and Lockheed Martin still hopeful in race for Vietnamese telecommunications satellite

Vietnam's Vinasat-3 telecommunications satellite project has ground to a halt, ensnared by power struggles in Hanoi, but the Western groups bidding to be onboard have not lost hope.

Chinese and Philippine experts clash over US bases in Manila

Tensions in the South China Sea are apparent even in hushed discussions between experts. The agreement between the United States and the Philippines on access to four military bases is a sticking point that has left the Chinese military fuming.

Vietnamese army conglomerate Viettel and Huawei compete in Cambodian fibre optic rollout

Viettel is pushing to roll out its fibre optic network in the latest battle of influence between Hanoi and Beijing in Cambodia.