Vietnam is releasing a brand-new draft decree superseding Decree No. 72/2013/ND-CP (as amended) (âDecree 72â) on the management, provisions, and use of Internet services and online information (âDraft Decreeâ).
On 19 June 2023, the Vietnam Authority of Telecommunications under the Ministry of Information Communication held a workshop to collect relevant stakeholders’ comments on the management policies towards data center services, cloud computing services, and OTT services in the Draft Law on Telecommunications.
In order to enforce (i) Decree 53 guiding the Cybersecurity Law and (ii) the Personal Data Protection Decree (i.e., Decree 13), the Ministry of Public Security (âMPSâ) has been working on a draft Cybersecurity Administrative Sanctions Decree (âCASDâ). By way of background, the first version of the CASD was released for public consultation in September 2021. Last year, the MPS also held a workshop in Hanoi to collect public comments on a version of the…
28 January 2023 is Data Protection Day (or Data Privacy Day outside of Europe), which marks the anniversary of the Council of Europeâs Convention 108. To mark Data Protection Day 2023, Baker McKenzieâs Global Data Privacy and Security Team is pleased to present this special edition update of key data protection and privacy developments and trends across the globe, as well summarising future legislative changes, predictions, and enforcement priorities to look out for during 2023.…
In early December 2022, the Ministry of Science and Technology’s Inspectorate hosted a conference to provide recommendations on “Solutions to enhance the efficiency of Industrial Property rights enforcement through administrative, civil, criminal, and border control measures”.
The blooming of the advertising industry has indeed triggered concerns related to misleading or otherwise unethical advertising practices. In an attempt to address this issue, Vietnam in 2021 issued Decree No. 70/2021/ND-CP (“Decree 70”), mainly regulating the cross-border provision of advertising services.
The Vietnam Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is working on the latest version of the Draft Copyright Decree to submit to the Government for review very soon.
With traditional brick-and-mortar economic activities rapidly transformed by the Internet and advanced technologies, there is a respective growing demand for legislative amendments to adapt to current changes, and Vietnam is by no means an exception to this rule.
Earlier this week, the Vietnam Ministry of Information and Communications published the full version of the draft Telecoms Law for a two-month public consultation.
Vietnam has just released today a long-awaited Decree No. 71/2022/ND-CP amending and supplementing Decree No. 06/2016/ND-CP on the Management, Provision and Use of Radio and Television Services (“Decree 71”). Decree 71 will take effect as of 01 January 2023, the same effective date as the 2022 Cinema Law. In summary, compared with the latest draft version in July 2022, the MIC only made some slight updates to the wording of Decree 71. Salient issues under…