Consultation on E-Commerce Law

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has just organized a conference to consult on policies for the development of the Law on E-commerce. At the conference, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien assigned the Department of E-commerce and Digital Economy to be the drafting unit, focusing on researching and absorbing comments from ministries, branches and localities to continue to complete the dossier proposing the development of the Law on E-commerce, submit it to competent authorities for consideration, and include it in the National Assembly's Law and Ordinance Development Program in 2025, as a basis for developing a draft law and submitting it to the National Assembly at the end of 2025 session.

Báo Phú Yên•16/04/2025

Regarding the development of the Law on E-commerce, in the past, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has developed 5 sets of documents related to the dossier proposing the development of the Law on E-commerce, including: Law development dossier, impact assessment report, summary report on the implementation of current laws, and policy proposal report.

These documents have been publicly posted on the Government Portal and the Ministry of Industry and Trade Portal since January 17, 2025 to solicit public comments from organizations and individuals as prescribed.

In addition, based on the assessment of practical implementation, identifying necessary contents that need to be supplemented and completed to formulate e-commerce policies in the coming time, the Ministry of Industry and Trade identifies 5 major policy groups including: Supplementing and unifying concepts according to current legal regulations. Regulating forms of e-commerce activities, subjects participating in e-commerce activities, related rights and obligations with the goal of ensuring that no e-commerce activity models and subjects are left out; ensuring transparency of authority, clarity of the limits of responsibility of state management agencies at all levels. Responsibilities of units providing e-commerce support services.

Regulations on electronic contract authentication services in commerce with the goal of fair treatment for all types of reliable service providers; quickly detecting and handling violations of laws related to electronic contracts. Regulations on e-commerce development aim to institutionalize the viewpoints, policies and guidelines of the Party and Government on promoting e-commerce development; promote green and sustainable e-commerce development, contribute to effective economic development, create value for the community, contribute to building a fair society and minimize negative impacts on the environment.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has also consulted ministries, branches and provincial and municipal People's Committees on the activities of summarizing the implementation of e-commerce law, comprehensively assessing the impact of e-commerce law policies, reviewing international laws and international commitments related to the e-commerce sector.

Source: https://baophuyen.vn/kinh-te/202504/tham-van-ve-luat-thuong-mai-dien-tu-7481371/