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Vietnam: National Assembly adopted Law on Digital Transformation without conformity certification provisions

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National Assembly adopted Law on Digital Transformation without conformity certification provisions

On 11 December 2025, the National Assembly of Vietnam adopted the Law on Digital Transformation, which does not retain provisions from earlier drafts that required organisations and individuals to obtain conformity certification, declare conformity,…

Scope

Policy Area
Authorisation, registration and licensing
Policy Instrument
Authorisation of goods or services
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
rejected

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