Viet Nam Law on Artificial Intelligence (Law No. 134/2025/QH15)
Viet Nam's first comprehensive AI law and the third national AI statute in force anywhere. Sorts systems into high, medium and low risk, and requires classification before deployment, conformity assessment for high-risk systems, labelling, human oversight and incident reporting through a central portal.
Key dates
- Dec 10, 2025Passed by the National Assembly (429 of 434 delegates)
- Mar 1, 2026Law takes effect
- Mar 1, 2027Transition period ends for existing systems (12 months)
- Sep 1, 2027Transition period ends for health, education and finance (18 months)
Risk areas addressed
Who it applies to
Vietnamese agencies, organisations and individuals, and foreign organisations and individuals, that research, develop, provide, deploy or use AI systems in Viet Nam. Systems used solely for national defence, security and cryptography are out of scope.
Penalties & enforcement
From administrative sanctions to criminal liability; the specific schedule is delegated to implementing government decrees.
Enforced by: Ministry of Science and Technology, with sectoral state management authorities
Viet Nam AI Law is enforced by Ministry of Science and Technology, with sectoral state management authorities. The next dated milestone falls on Mar 1, 2027, 136 days away: Transition period ends for existing systems (12 months). In practice that means knowing which of your AI systems fall in scope across every sector you operate in, holding assessments that speak to transparency, safety & robustness and human oversight, and being able to produce that evidence on request, including for systems built outside the jurisdiction.