On 7 February, the Vietnamese government issued Resolution No.
13/NQ-CP (Resolution 13) to approve the Personal Data Protection
Decree (PDP Decree)'s latest draft version. It seeks the
Standing Committee of the National Assembly (SCNA)'s appraisal
of the draft PDP Decree (for more on the SCNA process, please see
here).
Following Resolution 13's issuance, the draft PDP Decree was
reviewed by the National Assembly's Defense and Security
Committee on 8 February. Going forward, the Ministry of Public
Security (the PDP Decree's drafting body), will take this 8
February review into account, to further update the draft PDP
Decree for submission to the SCNA for its approval.
An official timeline has not been provided but reports indicate
that an issuance date as early as March 2023 and an effective date
of 1 July 2023 were mentioned at this 8 February review.
