Vietnam: National Assembly adopted Law on Digital Transformation without competition authority governance provisions

On 11 December 2025, the National Assembly of Vietnam adopted the Law on Digital Transformation. The adopted Law does not include provisions from earlier drafts that assigned the national competition authority responsibility for monitoring, evaluating, and handling violations by digital platforms holding a dominant market position under Article 40(1). These powers included monitoring abuse of dominant or monopolistic positions in digital services, data processing, goods distribution, and service provision under Article 40(1)(a), monitoring and evaluating mergers and acquisitions that may negatively affect competition in the digital market under Article 40(1)(b), and conducting regular or unscheduled inspections and audits when there are signs of violations of competition law under Article 40(1)(c).