Tiếng ViệtVietnam’s Law on Digital Transformation took effect on July 1, introducing regulations on digital transformation and promoting the development of a digital government, digital economy, and digital society in Vietnam.
The law was passed by the National Assembly in December 2025. It consists of eight chapters and 48 articles. It is also the first Law on Digital Transformation enacted in Vietnam, replacing the Law on Information Technology of 2006.
The law covers principles and policies on digital transformation; national coordination for digital transformation; measures to ensure digital transformation; digital government; digital economy; digital society; and the responsibilities of agencies, organizations, and individuals in carrying out digital transformation.
According to the law, digital transformation is defined as:
“The process of transforming methods of operation, governance, and service delivery based on digital technologies, digital data, digital systems, digital platforms, and digital processes in order to create new value while improving efficiency and transparency.”
This is also the first time that concepts such as digital infrastructure, digital citizens, digital capabilities, digital society, and digital economy have been defined consistently within a single legal document.
One of the key highlights of the law is its user-centered approach. The section on principles states:
“Promoting innovation with users at the center, improving service quality, and creating new value for government agencies, organizations, businesses, and citizens.”
The law also emphasizes the principle of “declare once by default.” Accordingly, government agencies are required to strengthen data connectivity, data sharing, and data reuse in order to minimize the need for citizens and businesses to repeatedly provide the same information when carrying out administrative procedures.
Citizens complete administrative procedures at the Hai Phong City Public Administrative Service Center after obtaining queue numbers from the ticketing machine on May 12. Photo: Le Tan.
The law also introduces a number of policies to support businesses—particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), cooperatives, and household businesses—throughout their digital transformation journey. The State encourages the development of shared digital platforms, domestically developed digital technology products, innovation, and regulatory sandbox mechanisms for new technologies and business models.
For citizens, the law establishes a number of rights in the digital environment, including the right to protection of personal data, access to basic digital skills, fair and secure access to digital services, and protection when their lawful rights are infringed in the digital environment.
The State also adopts policies to narrow the digital divide by ensuring that resources allocated for digital transformation in ethnic minority areas, mountainous regions, border areas, islands, and other socio-economically disadvantaged and especially disadvantaged regions are higher than the national average.
The law also provides that, to ensure sufficient resources for implementation, annual state budget expenditure on digital transformation must account for at least 1% of total state budget expenditure. At the same time, it encourages the mobilization of social resources to support digital transformation activities.
Along with the law, Government Decree No. 224, issued on June 24, detailing a number of provisions and implementation measures for the Law on Digital Transformation, also took effect on July 1.
The decree provides detailed regulations for implementing the law, including digital transformation strategies, programs and plans; the provision of online information and public services; architectural principles, design principles, and minimum requirements for digital systems; as well as state budget expenditure responsibilities and the allocation of expenditure responsibilities between the central and local governments for digital transformation.
Under the decree, online public services will be provided through a unified and centralized model from the central to the local level via the National Public Service Portal.
Online public services delivered in the digital environment must be standardized and synchronized in terms of service codes and service names in accordance with regulations governing administrative procedure codes and names, integrated administrative procedures, and groups of administrative procedures under the laws on administrative procedure control. They must also provide electronic forms and user guidance for organizations and individuals.
Source: vnexpress.net
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