Data protection in Vietnam has been an ever-changing area of law
in the last few years, with many legislative and practical
developments. From its initiative to build the very first
comprehensive Personal Data Protection Decree to meet international
standards, to its actions to tackle widespread illegal data
processing and trading, the Vietnamese government has shown its
determination to strengthen the protection of data, which it has
recognized as one of the national key tasks in the Prime
Minister's Strategy for Development of E-Government.
The year 2023 is expected to be another year of many important
changes made to the law and practices in this area. This article
discusses what we anticipate to be the key upcoming developments in
Vietnam's data protection regime that businesses may wish to
keep a close eye on to ensure compliance.
