New Draft Amendment Of Internet Decree

Summary

• To better address current issues with the Internet today, the Vietnamese Government issued a draft decree amending Decree 72 for public consultation this month (“Draft Amendment”), following a draft outline of the Draft Amendment published last year.
• The Draft Amendment requires the providers of data center services, including cloud computing offerings to now obtain a business license and set out rights and obligations of such providers and their customers.
• The Draft Amendment supplements several obligations imposed on cross-border information providers. This includes the storage of data, set up of branch or representative office in Vietnam according to Cybersecurity Law, and the handling of requests for temporarily locking/removal of illegal contents, including those infringing intellectual property rights upon users' requests.