# Vietnam

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: Vietnam
- **ISO code**: VN
- **Type**: country
- **Region**: Asia / South-East Asia

## In brief

Vietnam has 2 recorded AI policy instruments, 1 of them binding and 1 in force. Instruments on record: National Strategy on Research, Development and Application of Artificial Intelligence to 2030 (2021, strategy, adopted); Law on Artificial Intelligence (2025, act, in force). A prime ministerial decision promulgating Vietnam's national AI strategy to 2030.

## Overview

A prime ministerial decision promulgating Vietnam's national AI strategy to 2030. Vietnam's first dedicated AI statute, with eight chapters and 35 articles governing the research, development, provision, deployment and use of AI systems.

## Regulatory status

Instruments on record: National Strategy on Research, Development and Application of Artificial Intelligence to 2030 (2021, strategy, adopted); Law on Artificial Intelligence (2025, act, in force). Each is linked to its official source; human verification pending.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: Law on Artificial Intelligence. Strategy or guidance: National Strategy on Research, Development and Application of Artificial Intelligence to 2030.

## How to use this profile

- Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
- Treat strategies and guidance as signals of coming regulation, not as binding requirements.

## Official sources

- National Strategy on Research, Development and Application of Artificial Intelligence to 2030 (Decision No. 127/QD-TTg) — Government of Vietnam legal document portal (vanban.chinhphu.vn) — https://vanban.chinhphu.vn/default.aspx?pageid=27160&docid=202565
- Law on Artificial Intelligence (Law No. 134/2025/QH15) — Government of Vietnam legal document portal (vanban.chinhphu.vn) — https://vanban.chinhphu.vn/?pageid=27160&docid=216334&classid=1&orggroupid=1

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (2)

- **Law on Artificial Intelligence (Law No. 134/2025/QH15)** — Act / statute, In force, binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/vietnam-law-on-artificial-intelligence
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/vietnam-law-on-artificial-intelligence.md
- **National Strategy on Research, Development and Application of Artificial Intelligence to 2030 (Decision No. 127/QD-TTg)** — National strategy, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/vietnam-national-strategy-on-research-development-and-application-of-artificial-intelligence-to-2030
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/vietnam-national-strategy-on-research-development-and-application-of-artificial-intelligence-to-2030.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-regulation-vietnam
- **Official source**: https://vanban.chinhphu.vn/default.aspx?pageid=27160&docid=202565
- **Source document**: National Strategy on Research, Development and Application of Artificial Intelligence to 2030 (Decision No. 127/QD-TTg)
- **Published by**: Government of Vietnam legal document portal (vanban.chinhphu.vn)
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: AI Policy Tracker (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-09-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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