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Vietnam: Law on Digital Transformation including unilateral conduct regulation was adopted by National Assembly

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Law on Digital Transformation including unilateral conduct regulation was adopted by National Assembly

On 11 December 2025, the National Assembly of Vietnam adopted the Law on Digital Transformation. The adopted Law on Digital Transformation confirms obligations applicable to organisations and businesses operating digital systems and digital platform…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, platform intermediary: e-commerce, ML and AI development, infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2025-08-12
in consultation

On 12 August 2025, the Ministry of Science and Technology opened a public consultation until 15 Aug…

2025-08-15
processing consultation

On 15 August 2025, the Ministry of Science and Technology closed the public consultation, which had…

2025-10-31
under deliberation

On 31 October 2025, the Law on Digital Transformation was introduced to the National Assembly of Vi…

2025-12-11
adopted

On 11 December 2025, the National Assembly of Vietnam adopted the Law on Digital Transformation. Th…

2026-07-01
in force

On 1 July 2026, the Law on Digital Transformation enters into force. The Law imposes obligations on…