Law On Cybersecurity 2026 – What You Must Know

On 10 December 2025, the National Assembly passed the new Law on Cybersecurity No. 116/2025/QH15 (“Law on Cybersecurity 2025”) to replace the current Law on Cybersecurity No. 24/2018/QH14, effective from 1 July 2026. Law on Cybersecurity 2025 represents a major overhaul of Vietnam's digital legal framework, effectively consolidating and replacing both the Law on Cyber Information Security 2015 and the Law on Cybersecurity 2018. Major changes and new provisions:

1. Stricter content moderation timelines: Law on Cybersecurity 2025 sets out golden hours for removing illegal content. In case of contents violating the regulations of the Law, such contents must be removed by service providers within 24 hours at the latest from the time of request by the Ministry of Public Security. In urgent cases, the removal must be made within 6 hours at the latest.