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National Assembly adopted Law on Digital Transformation including testing requirement

On 11 December 2025, the National Assembly of Vietnam adopted the Law on Digital Transformation. The Law includes testing-related provisions applicable to organisations participating in digital transformation. Article 4(6) establishes activities to research, test, pilot, evaluate, and deploy digital technology products and services and new digital transformation models, including controlled testing. Article 4(11) confirms pilot development through building and test-operating digital systems, digital platforms, and digital services within a limited scope to evaluate effectiveness. Article 28 confirms that agencies, organisations, and businesses may conduct controlled trials of processes, solutions, products, services, and business models in digital transformation in accordance with relevant laws.

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Scope

Policy Area
Design and testing standards
Policy Instrument
Testing requirement
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 includes testing-relat…