Vietnam: Law amending and supplementing the Law on Technology Transfer including technology transfer requirements was adopted by Parliament

On 10 December 2025, Parliament adopted a Law amending and supplementing the Law on Technology Transfer, introducing several changes relevant to technology transfer requirements. Article 2 revises the definition of technology transfer to describe it as an activity involving the transfer of ownership or the right to use technology for practical application. Article 3 is amended to promote the transfer of foreign technology into Vietnam through incentives related to tax, land, credit, and investment. Article 4 expands the scope of technology subject to transfer to include models and algorithms and clarifies the distinction between information and data. Article 7 is amended to specify that technology transferees may develop, exploit, and improve the transferred technology. It further clarifies that where technology is integrated into a product, ownership of the product does not automatically confer ownership of the underlying technology. The amended provisions also clarify the legal framework governing ownership and usage rights. Technology ownership and usage rights are established and protected by law, allowing owners to transfer those rights and permitting users, with the owner’s consent, to transfer their usage rights. The scope of such transfers covers both the right to use the technology and the right to further transfer that usage. Article 9 is amended to prioritise high-technology investment in line with the High Technology Law and to encourage the transfer of green technologies. Amended Article 44 provides that the Government will issue further guidance on subsidising marketing costs to support Vietnamese industries in transferring technology abroad. Finally, the law requires all technology transfers to be licensed, subject to approval by the Provincial People’s Committee. Clauses 2 and 6 of Article 2, which previously defined the terms “technology” and “high technology,” have been repealed.