The Office of the President held a press conference to announce the President's Order promulgating nine laws passed by the 15th National Assembly at its 9th Session - Photo: VGP/Duc Tuan
At the press conference, Deputy Head of the Office ofthe President Pham Thanh Ha announced the President's Order, including:
1/ Law on Digital Technology Industry
2/ Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Technical Standards and Regulations
3/ Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Product and Goods Quality
4/ Atomic Energy Law
5/ Law on Science, Technology and Innovation
6/ Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Credit Institutions
7/ Personal Data Protection Law
8/ Law on Participation in United Nations Peacekeeping Forces
9/ Railway Law.
At the press conference, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Le Xuan Dinh introduced 5 laws: Law on Digital Technology Industry; Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Technical Standards and Regulations; Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Product and Goods Quality; Law on Atomic Energy and Law on Science, Technology and Innovation.
Making Vietnam one of the digital technology industry centers
Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Le Xuan Dinh introduces 5 laws - Photo: VGP/Duc Tuan
According to Deputy Minister Le Xuan Dinh, the Law on Digital Technology Industry consists of 6 chapters and 51 articles. The development of the Law aims to form a specialized legal corridor, ensuring that there are strong and outstanding incentive policies for the development of the digital technology industry - one of the specific and fundamental industrial fields; making Vietnam one of the digital technology industry centers of the region and the world; developing a number of strategic digital technology enterprises and a number of digital technology industry fields in which Vietnam has strengths such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence; creating breakthroughs in the development of science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation. Vietnam has become the first country in the world to promulgate a separate law on the digital technology industry.
For the first time, new concepts such as digital technology, digital technology industry, semiconductor industry, artificial intelligence, digital assets, etc. are identified in a legal document. The law includes full regulations, incentives, and necessary support for the development of the digital technology industry.
Reduce administrative procedures and compliance costs for businesses
The Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Technical Standards and Regulations consists of 3 articles.
The Law has added provisions on the National Database on standards, measurements, and quality, creating a digital platform to improve the effectiveness of state management, in the direction of promoting post-inspection instead of pre-inspection, cutting administrative procedures and compliance costs for businesses.
The amendment and supplement of the Law aims to institutionalize the Party's guidelines and policies and the State's policies in the field of standards and technical regulations, enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of state management activities on standards and technical regulations, ensure the consistency and uniformity of the legal system; at the same time, absorb and internalize international commitments, ensure compatibility between legal provisions on standards and technical regulations and assessment of conformity with new-generation free trade agreements that Vietnam has signed.
For the first time, the Law establishes a legal framework for National Quality Infrastructure.
The Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Product and Goods Quality, consisting of 3 articles, has comprehensively innovated the method of managing product and goods quality according to major orientations such as converting the quality management model according to risks; clearly stipulating the principles of quality management suitable for each level of risk; stipulating the reduction of administrative procedures for imported goods; applying digital technology, artificial intelligence and big data in supply chain management.
Notably, for the first time, the Law establishes a legal framework for the National Quality Infrastructure (NQI), an ecosystem that includes standards, measurement, conformity assessment (including workers), inspection and policy development. This is the country's technical infrastructure to meet the requirements of domestic socio-economic development, promote international recognition to support businesses to participate in the global supply chain of products, goods and services. The State will invest in building a national quality infrastructure on the basis of digital technology and artificial intelligence, ensuring connection and data sharing between quality inspection agencies, customs, traceability, consumer feedback and international warning to improve monitoring and early warning capacity.
The laws come into effect from January 1, 2026.
"Breakthrough" for railway development investment
Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Danh Huy introduces the Railway Law - Photo: VGP/Duc Tuan
Introducing the Railway Law, Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Danh Huy said, The Law consists of 4 chapters and 59 articles. The Law has new, "breakthrough" regulations for railway development investment, including promoting decentralization from the Prime Minister to the Minister and from the Government and the Ministry to local authorities according to the motto "locality decides, locality does, locality is responsible" to promote local initiative and creativity in investing in the development of the railway system, especially local railways.
The promulgation of the Railway Law aims to institutionalize the Party's guidelines and viewpoints, especially the "strategic quartet" to develop the railway infrastructure, industry and transport system to meet the requirements of industrialization and modernization of the country; at the same time, to resolve the difficulties and shortcomings arising in the practice of investment, development and business of railway transport in recent times. The Railway Law 2025 has basically removed the "bottlenecks" and obstacles.
Socialization of nuclear energy applications
The 2025 Law on Atomic Energy consists of 8 chapters and 73 articles; closely following 4 policies: promoting the development and socialization of atomic energy applications; ensuring radiation safety, nuclear safety and security, decentralization in state management; facilitating nuclear inspection activities; managing radioactive waste, spent radioactive sources and spent nuclear fuel; responding to radiation incidents, nuclear incidents; civil liability for nuclear damage.
Accordingly, the Law regulates the development and application of atomic energy; radiation safety, radiation protection, nuclear safety and nuclear security; nuclear power plants, nuclear research reactors; response to radiation incidents, nuclear incidents, compensation for radiation damage, nuclear damage; nuclear inspection and state management in the field of atomic energy.
The laws come into effect from January 1, 2026.
Risk acceptance goes hand in hand with risk management
The Law on Science, Technology and Innovation consists of 7 chapters and 73 articles; creating a legal corridor for science, technology and innovation to contribute to enhancing national competitiveness, contributing to socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security, improving people's quality of life and human development.
Notably, the Law has strongly innovated in management thinking, from controlling processes and inputs such as invoices and detailed documents to managing results and output efficiency, accepting risks associated with risk management. At the same time, it establishes a clear direction on the transition from a country that mainly uses core technology to mastering strategic technology. The Law takes effect from October 1, 2025.
May 27th of every year is the traditional day of Vietnamese forces participating in UN peacekeeping.
Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, Deputy Minister of National Defense, introduced many important new points of the Law on Participation in United Nations Peacekeeping Forces - Photo: VGP/Duc Tuan
At the press conference, Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, Deputy Minister of National Defense, introduced many important new points of the Law on Participation in United Nations Peacekeeping Forces.
The Law on Participation in United Nations Peacekeeping Forces consists of 5 chapters and 27 articles; effective from January 1, 2026.
The law stipulates that Vietnamese forces participating in UN peacekeeping operations include: armed forces and civilian forces (cadres, civil servants, and public employees).
The Government shall unify the State management of participation in UN peacekeeping operations. The Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security shall preside over and coordinate with ministries and branches responsible to the Government in implementing the State management of participation in UN peacekeeping operations. May 27 of each year is the traditional day of Vietnamese forces participating in UN peacekeeping operations.
Amendment of authority to decide on special lending
Deputy Governor of the State Bank Pham Quang Dung introduces the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Credit Institutions - Photo: VGP/Duc Tuan
Introducing the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Credit Institutions, Deputy Governor of the State Bank Pham Quang Dung said that the Law consists of 3 articles; was developed and promulgated in the spirit of closely following the viewpoints, policies and guidelines of the Party and the laws of the State; ensuring constitutionality, legality and consistency with relevant legal documents; in accordance with international treaties to which Vietnam is a member as well as international practices, ensuring the goal of international integration, in line with development trends.
The amendment of the authority to decide on special loans ensures timely, strict, effective and feasible implementation, contributing to maintaining the security and safety of the credit institution system, preventing negativity, loss, waste and violations of the law.
Notably, the Law regulates the State Bank's authority to decide on special loans with an interest rate of 0%/year, without collateral, to ensure complete decentralization and delegation of authority to the State Bank, and timely liquidity support for credit institutions through special loans; regulations on the right to seize collateral; regulations on the attachment of collateral; and the return of collateral as evidence in criminal cases. The Law takes effect from October 15, 2025.
Fines up to 10 times the revenue from buying and selling personal data
Introducing the Law on Personal Data Protection, Senior Lieutenant General Le Quoc Hung - Deputy Minister of Public Security said that the Law consists of 5 chapters and 39 articles.
Senior Lieutenant General Le Quoc Hung - Deputy Minister of Public Security introduces the Law on Personal Data Protection - Photo: VGP/Duc Tuan
The law stipulates that violations of the law on personal data protection shall be handled in the form of administrative sanctions or criminal prosecution; if damage is caused, compensation must be paid in accordance with the provisions of the law based on the nature, extent and consequences of the violation. For administrative sanctions in the field of personal data protection, the following shall apply:
For the act of buying and selling personal data: The maximum fine is 10 times the revenue from the violation; in case there is no revenue from the violation or the fine calculated based on the revenue from the violation is less than 3 billion VND, the maximum fine is 3 billion VND. The Government will prescribe the method of calculating the revenue from the violation of the law on personal data protection.
For violations of regulations on cross-border transfer of personal data: The maximum fine is 5% of the organization's revenue of the previous year; in case there is no revenue of the previous year or the fine is calculated based on revenue lower than VND 3 billion, the maximum fine is VND 3 billion.
The law comes into effect from January 1, 2026./.
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