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[Vietnam] Draft Law on Personal Data Protection
– Major upgrades of the current legislation on personal data protection that could potentially increase compliance costs –
On September 24, 2024, more than six months after the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam (“MPS”) publicly announced its proposal to draft a law on personal data protection (“PDPL”) in late February 2024, the Government of Vietnam disclosed the full text of the draft PDPL on its official portal. The draft will be open for public opinion until the end of November. The PDPL is expected to be adopted by the National Assembly of Vietnam during the first half of 2025 and to take effect on January 1, 2026. At a glance, the draft PDPL is comprised of 68 articles, which are based significantly on the current legislation, specifically, Decree No. 13/2023/ND-CP (“PDPD”), with some modifications and numerous...To read the full article, please see the PDF file
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Tuan Anh joined our firm in August 2015 after spending approximately seven years practicing law at local firms, which included one of the first-tier local law firms in Vietnam. Through his extensive expertise in compliance-related matters, e-commerce platforms and operation, and corporate crisis management, he provides his clients and Japanese attorneys with tailored legal services in those practice areas in Vietnam. His legal advice, solutions, and recommendations are always appreciated by his Japanese colleagues in our firm’s Vietnam practice group due to their reliability, practicality, and appropriateness. Apart from providing legal advice to clients, he also has lectured clients’ employees on anti-corruption and compliance matters, labor regulations, and personal data protection laws. Furthermore, he is often asked to assist the JCCI in Vietnam in providing comments on key drafts of laws and decrees (e.g., investment and enterprise laws, as well as guiding decrees related thereto) promulgated by the governmental bodies of Vietnam.
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