National Assembly

Vietnam
Former French MP meets with Vietnamese tech firm part-owned by ministry of public security

On a tour of Vietnam to promote her autobiography, Stéphanie Do, a French MP between 2017 to 2022 for La République en marche (LREM), the predecessor to Emmanuel Macron's current Renaissance party, stopped off in Da Nang in Vietnam on 18 March for a meeting with Vietnamese technology group FPT senior executives.

Cambodia, United States
American diplomats mobilise as Phnom Penh prepares new cyber laws

Cambodia has recently proposed a slate of new legislation in the domains of cyber regulation and data protection. Western embassies are taking a particular interest, given the implications for their firms and the potential to further distance the country from Chinese influence.

France
Socialist MPs go on the offensive for new tax intelligence laws

The French National Assembly is debating a bill to tackle social security and tax fraud today, and the Socialist Party is keen to prioritise the issue of tax intelligence.

France
France finds new love for future interceptor satellite

After numerous setbacks, work on the prospective spy satellite for collecting electromagnetic intelligence, known as Celeste, is back on track. The programme is intended to replace the three Ceres satellites deployed since 2021.

France
Former French intel officer now selling Chinese video surveillance equipment

A former French Navy intelligence expert is now running a company based in central France that sells Chinese video surveillance equipment. He promotes intelligent facial recognition systems, for which there is no specific legal framework in France to date.

The Agencies' Gazette
US health intelligence, French intel report, China-Japan rivalry, Tracfin

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

United StatesRobert Kennedy Jr looking to boost health ministry's intel

FranceParliamentary intelligence delegation report published in Q1 of 2026

ChinaRethinking Ryukyu: Beijing ropes in academics to push archipelago's independence

FranceTracfin interested in humint

The Agencies' Gazette
DGSE and DGSI's workforces, OSINT at the Pentagon, Chinese house arrest rules, SIRASCO seeks deputy

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

FranceDGSE chief reacts to DGSI's growing workforce

United StatesPentagon looks to streamline OSINT contractors

ChinaSupervised house arrest… except in cases of ‘national security'

FranceSIRASCO seeks a number two