In February 2024, the Ministry of Public Security ("MPS") published its proposals to request for the development of a Law on Data and a Law on Personal Data Protection. The proposals were issued in line with the tasks set out in the Prime Minister's Directive No. 04/CT-TTg dated 11 February 2024, to promote the implementation of the project to develop the application on residential data and electronic identification and authentication to serve the national digital transformation for 2022 - 2025 (with a vision up to 2030).
The proposals were issued as a preliminary step for lawmakers to develop the legislation. While the draft laws are not yet available, the proposals include a detailed impact assessment which rationalises the requirement for these laws and include certain insights as to what may be anticipated in the draft laws to come.
The Law on Data is centred on four main policies, and will regulate the following matters: (i) constructing, developing, administering and processing data, the application of science and technology in data processing, and the State's management of data; (ii) the National Comprehensive Database; (iii) constructing, developing and use of National Data Centre infrastructure; and (iv) data-related products and services.
The Law on Personal Data will be Vietnam’s omnibus and unified personal data protection law, replacing the current Decree on Personal Data Protection. It will harmonise the current fragmented legal framework for personal data protection in the country, in which data protection matters continue to be regulated across different laws and overseen by different regulators.
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