Vietnam has activated its AI law. Per LuatVietnam’s legal database, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung signed Decision 367/QD-TTg on February 28, 2026, establishing the government’s plan to implement the Law on Artificial Intelligence, which took effect on March 1.
The implementation plan is a coordination instrument. It defines work content, progress, deadlines, and responsibilities for the agencies charged with giving the law operational force. That work includes issuing a national AI strategy, one the plan requires to be reviewed at least once every three years, or when significant technology or market changes make a review warranted, according to the same source.
This content is drawn from a Vietnamese legal database and translation service, not directly from official Vietnamese government publications. Organizations seeking primary-source confirmation should consult the official Vietnamese government portal directly.
Southeast Asia’s largest tech manufacturing economy is now operating under AI law. That matters for organizations with operations, supply chains, or data flows touching Vietnam, not because the implementation obligations are fully defined yet, but because the legal baseline is in place. The 2026–27 period will determine how substantively the law is enforced.
The hub is tracking a related development, a reported AI ethics framework circular, for follow-up coverage once valid sources are confirmed. That element is not included here due to absent source verification in this cycle.