Legalupdates

The Decree takes effect on 19 August 2026. It sets out the organization, duties and powers of the cybersecurity protection force. It defines coordination mechanisms, force development and the conditions needed for its operations. It also sets out the coordination responsibilities of agencies and organizations in protecting cybersecurity.

The Decree takes effect on 19 August 2026. It provides measures to prevent, detect and address unlawful information and conduct in cyberspace. It defines the responsibilities of agencies, organizations and businesses for prevention and coordinated response. It strengthens the monitoring, prevention and handling of information and conduct that threaten national security, public order or social safety online.

The Decree takes effect on 28 September 2026. It amends and supplements rules on electronic identification and authentication. It adjusts certain provisions on electronic identity accounts, digital identity and the use of electronic authentication services. It clarifies the responsibilities of agencies and organizations for management, use and information security.

The Decree takes effect on 25 September 2026. It sets out the principles, models and methods for operating data exchanges. It regulates the provision, sharing, exchange and use of data on those exchanges. It defines the responsibilities of parties involved in management and operation, including data safety and security.

The Law takes effect on 1 March 2027. It simplifies investment procedures and reduces certain conditions, documents and administrative requirements. It adjusts rules on investment policy approval, investor selection and project implementation. It revises and supplements investment incentives and support policies, as well as the sectors and activities encouraged for investment.

The Law takes effect on 1 September 2026. It sets out citizens' right of access to information and the responsibilities of relevant agencies and organizations to provide information. It promotes disclosure, transparency and the provision of information through electronic channels. It establishes procedures for requesting and providing information and identifies information that may be subject to restricted or denied access. It strengthens protection for personal data, state secrets and other information subject to access restrictions.

Regulation No. 926/QĐ-VNPT-KTTC-CN, issued on 28 August 2026, remains in force.

Guidance on payments and money transfers related to merchanting trade in goods

Actual costs of printing, copying and sending information under Article 25(2) of the Law on Access to Information No. 01/2026/QH16

Procedure No. 897/QĐ-VNPT-CN, issued on 22 August 2026, remains in force.

Regulation No. 105/QĐ-VNPT-HĐTV-CN, issued on 21 August 2026, remains in force.

Regulations on location identification

Regulation No. 880/QĐ-VNPT-PTTT, issued on 19 August 2026, remains in force.

Conditions, processes, procedures and competent authorities for recognizing qualifications issued by foreign educational institutions for use in Vietnam

Standards and usage norms for specialized machinery and equipment in education and training

Procedure No. 852/QĐ-VNPT-HTQT, issued on 11 August 2026, remains in force.

Integrating security with socioeconomic development and socioeconomic development with security

Amendments to Decree No. 189/2025/NĐ-CP of 1 July 2025, which details the Law on Handling Administrative Violations with respect to authority to impose administrative penalties

Selection, recognition and support policies for respected persons in ethnic minority communities, and policies for visiting, congratulating, encouraging, commending and honoring certain ethnic minority organizations and individuals

Amendments to Decree No. 28/2019/NĐ-CP of 20 March 2019 on denunciations and the handling of denunciations in the People's Army

Amendments to Decree No. 32/2024/NĐ-CP of 15 March 2024 on the management and development of industrial clusters

Detailed provisions and implementing measures under the Commercial Law for the trading of goods through commodity exchanges

Radio frequency inspection requirements

Charter for vocational secondary schools and colleges

Amendments to Decree No. 63/2024/NĐ-CP of 10 June 2024 on electronically linking two groups of administrative procedures: birth registration, permanent residence registration and health insurance cards for children under six; and death registration, cancellation of permanent residence registration, funeral benefits and survivor benefits

Detailed list of dual-use goods under the Ministry of Industry and Trade's jurisdiction

Implementation of the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (Apostille Convention)

Lists of scrap and used goods for which temporary import, re-export and merchanting trade are suspended

Detailed provisions and measures for implementing the Law on Foreign Trade Management

Amendments to Decree No. 06/2013/NĐ-CP of 9 January 2013 on the protection of agencies and enterprises

Amendments to Decree No. 46/2019/NĐ-CP on administrative penalties in sports, as amended by Decree No. 129/2021/NĐ-CP

Royalties in film, fine arts, photography, performing arts, journalism and publishing

Coordination among ministries, ministerial-level agencies and provincial and municipal People's Committees in managing foreign nationals' entry, exit, transit and residence in Vietnam

Administrative penalties relating to cryptoassets and cryptoasset markets

Administrative penalties in labor, social insurance and contract-based overseas employment of Vietnamese workers