Decree 269/2025/ND-CP on smart city development

DECREE

On smart city development^[1]

Pursuant to Law No. 63/2025/QH15 on Organization of the Government;

Pursuant to Law No. 72/2025/QH15 on Organization of Local Administration;

Pursuant to Law No. 47/2024/QH15 on Urban and Rural Planning;

Pursuant to Law No. 50/2014/QH13 on Construction, and Law No. 62/2020/QH14 Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Construction;

Pursuant to Law No. 24/2018/QH14 on Cybersecurity;

Pursuant to Law No. 71/2025/QH15 on the Digital Technology Industry;

Pursuant to Law No. 35/2024/QH15 on Roads;

Pursuant to the National Assembly’s Resolution No. 193/2025/QH15 on pilot implementation of a number of special mechanisms and policies to create breakthroughs in the development of science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation;

At the proposal of the Minister of Construction;

The Government promulgates the Decree on smart city development.

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of regulation and subjects of application

1. This Decree prescribes general provisions, orientations, schemes and plans for smart city development and smart city planning; standards, technical regulations, interoperability and information security for smart cities; development of digital infrastructure and technical infrastructure for smart cities; development of infrastructure for innovation and regulatory sandbox; development of smart buildings, urban areas, services and utilities; smart city governance and administration; resources and investment for smart city development; and organization of implementation.

2. This Decree applies to cities, provinces and urban areas within cities and provinces, and agencies, organizations and individuals involved in smart city development.

Article 2. Interpretation of terms

In this Decree, the terms below are construed as follows:

1. Smart city means a city that takes science, technology, innovation and digital transformation as the core driving force for urban planning, construction, management and operation in order to improve the quality of service provision, guarantee a safe and convenient living environment for citizens, improve the urban competitiveness and management efficiency, and promote socio-economic development toward sustainable urban development.

2. Information and communications technology (ICT) architecture framework for smart city development means framework documents that provide principles, reference models, technical standards and core components of technology systems serving smart city development.

3. Urban digital twin means a dynamic digital model of an urban center that is created by integrating real-time multi-source data in order to simulate, analyze, forecast and optimize physical processes and activities taking place within that urban center.

4. Regulatory sandbox in a smart city means the implementation of certain smart-city development activities within a legal environment established by a competent state agency, allowing organizations and individuals to apply smart city-related new technologies, services and business models on a pilot basis within a limited spatial and time scope.

5. Vendor lock-in prevention means activities aimed at ensuring that owners of information technology projects are not bound to a single supplier of technology products or services, which would make it difficult to switch to other suppliers due to high costs, proprietary technologies or incompatible data formats.

Article 3. Contents of organization of smart city development

1. The contents on smart city development shall be synchronously integrated with the contents on science, technology, innovation and digital transformation at authorities of all levels.

2. Principal contents of organization of smart city development:

a/ Formation of provincial-level Smart City Development Coordination Councils in parallel with the establishment and operation of mechanisms for mobilization, dialogue, cooperation, attraction and facilitation for/of all economic sectors’ participation in the smart city investment and development;

b/ Organization of the formulation and approval of provincial-level smart city development schemes;

c/ Determination of sectoral plans, including tasks related to planning of smart cities, establishment of digital infrastructure platforms, assurance of safety and security, and construction of smart-city technical infrastructure, and other tasks to be performed by the State;

d/ Determination of local plans, including tasks to be performed by provincial-level authorities in commune-level localities or localities involving wards and communes, or tasks performed by commune-level authorities;

dd/ Formulation of component schemes (if any);

e/ Organization of the implementation of smart city development tasks, solutions and projects determined in smart city development schemes or plans;

g/ Establishment and operation of provincial-level (inter-ward or provincial) and commune-level (if any) smart city surveillance and operation systems;

h/ Assessment and recognition of smart city maturity levels; assessment and certification of smart city areas;

i/ Periodical review, adjustment and updating of smart city development schemes and plans.

3. Specific contents of the organization of smart city development must comply with this Decree and meet the general requirements specified in Article 4 of this Decree.

Article 4. General requirements for smart city development

1. Compliance with law and conformity with national orientations. All smart city development activities must comply with regulations, and be conformable with, and facilitate the implementation of, national, regional and local development strategies, master plans and plans, as well as national programs and schemes on science, technology, innovation, digital transformation and urban development.

2. People-centered smart city development. Smart city development activities must aim at improving the quality of life and optimize services and utilities for citizens; and facilitate citizens’ participation in the management, operation and supervision of smart city development. Digital infrastructure and services of smart cities must attach importance to meeting the requirements on digital equity and digital divide minimization.

3. Smart city development and operation based on urban data as a core natural resource. Smart city data shall be managed throughout a complete lifecycle, ensuring connectivity, sharing and security, and used as a basis for decision making.

4. Information security and interoperability assurance. It is required to adhere to the principles of security assurance and protection for information of organizations and citizens, and the interoperability and vendor lock-in prevention. Smart city development must meet requirements for safeguarding the national sovereignty in cyberspace and maintaining national defense and security.

5. Comprehensive integration, flexible implementation and adaptability. Smart city development shall be carried out with synchronous and multi-disciplinary coordination, attaching importance to using technological and non-technological solutions; and application of modern and complete technologies, ensuring technological neutrality, scalability, interoperability and compatibility with multiple platforms, and ensuring interoperability and synchronized operation within a smart city as well as among smart cities; must suit specific characteristics of each city and the level of development of each area within the city; and must follow a roadmap with priority zones and pilot application of certain models to draw experience before scaling-up, thereby enabling innovation activities and new technologies, services and policies to be tested prior to broader application.

6. Sustainable development and mobilization of diverse resources. Urban development objectives must be harmonious in terms of quality, intelligence, connectivity, efficiency and sustainability. Environmental impacts caused by technology shall be minimized; energy optimized for data centers; and a data-driven circular economy promoted. All lawful resources from the State, enterprises, society and residential communities shall be mobilized and effectively utilized, and public-private partnership promoted for smart city development.

Chapter II

ORIENTATIONS, SCHEMES AND PLANS FOR SMART CITY DEVELOPMENT AND SMART CITY PLANNING

Section 1

ORIENTATIONS, SCHEMES AND PLANS FOR SMART CITY DEVELOPMENT

Article 5. Orientations for smart city development

1. National smart-city development orientations must be in line with the Party’s guidelines on urban development, science, technology, innovation and digital transformation; comply with the State’s laws, and be conformable with national, sectoral and regional socio-economic development orientations, strategies, master plans and plans; and meet the requirements specified in Article 4 of this Decree.

2. National smart-city development orientations must clearly define major objectives, viewpoints, tasks and solutions; smart city sectors prioritized for development in terms of medicine, healthcare, and environment, wastewater and garbage management, water supply, transport, and other sectors in each period; models tailored to urban development characteristics; areas, projects, mechanisms and management models prioritized for pilot implementation nationwide; and roadmaps,  mechanisms and policies for implementation organization and supervision, including a set of indicators for performance assessment.

3. The Ministry of Construction shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, other related ministries and sectors, and consultancy experts in, formulating and submitting to the Prime Minister for approval national smart-city development orientations for each 5-year period, with a 10-year vision, and adjusting and updating such orientations when there are major changes in technology, national policies or international development trends.

4. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall review and integrate provincial-level smart-city development orientations in a synchronized manner with provincial-level action plans for implementing the policy on breakthroughs in the development of science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation.

Article 6. Smart city development schemes of provinces and cities

1. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall organize the formulation, approval and implementation of smart city development schemes of their localities, ensuring conformity with national smart-city development orientations and satisfaction of the general requirements for smart city development specified in Article 4 of this Decree.

2. The contents of a province’s/city’s smart city development scheme must meet the following fundamental requirements:

a/ Analyzing and assessing the current status, clearly identifying issues, challenges and needs to be addressed in the short term and long term; and identifying interdisciplinary issues requiring integrated governance;

b/ Clearly defining the vision, overall objectives, specific objectives and maturity level to be achieved in each period;

c/ Clearly identifying tasks, solutions, implementation period and expected outcomes, including groups of tasks to be performed across the entire province or city and groups of selected priority tasks to meet the requirements specified in Article 4 of this Decree;

Proposing tasks, solutions and lists of selected priority projects by sector, area and phase, including projects funded by the state budget, projects calling for investment with mobilized social resources, public-private partnership, service leasing, areas involving the application of the regulatory sandbox mechanism and areas eligible for investment incentives;

d/ Identifying contents requiring linkage and integration with digital transformation programs and schemes, urban development programs and plans, and other relevant programs of localities to ensure consistency and prevent overlaps and resource waste;

Identifying component schemes (if any) and tasks of formulating specific implementation plans by sector, field and area, including also smart city development plans for subordinate administrative units when necessary; and tasks to be performed by provincial-level authorities within commune-level localities or localities involving wards and communes or tasks to be performed by commune-level authorities;

dd/ Developing an urban data governance model and assessing impacts on personal data;

e/ Formulating a financial sustainability plan, including forecasts and plans on balancing resources for payment of investment costs and operation, maintenance and upgrading costs in the long term;

g/ Identifying the model of implementation organization; responsibilities of provincial-level departments, sectors and stakeholders, and coordination mechanisms;

h/ Preparing a general impact assessment report;

i/ Formulating monitoring and reporting mechanisms; developing a set of indicators to assess results and impacts; defining progress-tracking procedures; and disclosing results on a periodical basis.

3. A province’s/city’s smart city development scheme constitutes a component of the province’s/city’s overall program or scheme on development of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation.

Article 7. Formulation, approval and adjustment of smart city development schemes of provinces and cities

1. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall:

a/ Assign their subordinate specialized agencies to assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with related provincial-level departments and sectors in, mobilizing domestic and international consultants and experts, or directly formulate new schemes or review and update existing smart-city development schemes of provinces and centrally run cities, ensuring the satisfaction of the requirements specified in Article 6 of this Decree;

b/ Approve and adjust smart city development schemes. Such a scheme shall be adjusted when there are major changes in socio-economic development orientations of the concerned locality, orientations or legislation on smart city development, requirements of competent authorities, or the situation of smart city development in the locality;

c/ Specify dossiers and procedures for approval and adjustment of a scheme; decide on the collection of comments; determine specific time limits and forms to ensure solicitation of opinions of all related agencies, organizations, experts and residential communities; and specify procedures for consulting the provincial-level Smart City Development Coordination Council before the scheme is approved;

d/ Direct the formulation of sector-, field- and area-specific smart city development plans after a smart city development scheme is approved.

2. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall direct the review of provincial-level programs and schemes on development of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation to ensure consistency, prevent overlaps among programs, schemes and plans, and achieve smart city development objectives.

3. After being approved, a province’s/city’s smart city development scheme shall be publicly posted on the province’s/city’s portal and the National Smart City Portal.

Article 8. Area-specific smart city development plans

1. Area-specific smart city development plans shall be formulated for wards and communes where urban centers or special zones are expected to be formed, meeting urban classification criteria, based on the provinces’/cities’ smart city development schemes, or when the concerned wards or communes so wish and obtain approval of provincial-level People’s Committees.

2. An area-specific smart city development plan must meet the following fundamental requirements:

a/ The general requirements for smart city development specified in Article 4 of this Decree;

b/ Being consistent with the approved provincial-level smart-city development scheme; clearly defining objectives, tasks and solutions for synchronous implementation under the provincial-level smart-city development scheme, as well as locality-specific contents;

c/ Clearly defining tasks, solutions, implementation period, products, resources, responsibilities and competence; plans on communication for public awareness improvement; and mechanisms for operation, monitoring, coordination and cooperation among stakeholders, enterprises, research institutes, schools and residential communities in implementing the plan;

d/ Identifying contents requiring support from provincial-level authorities in terms of technique, budget and human resources, and other contents in the course of plan implementation.

3. Based on the level of urban development and specific conditions of their localities, provincial-level People’s Committees shall assign provincial-level specialized agencies or commune-level People’s Committees to formulate and promulgate or adjust area-specific smart-city development plans after reaching agreement with standing bodies of provincial-level Smart City Development Coordination Councils.

Article 9. Expenses for formulation of smart city development orientations and schemes of provinces and cities, and smart city development plans

1. Smart city development orientations and schemes of provinces and cities, and regional-level smart city development plans shall be formulated with local budget funds allocated in accordance with the law on the state budget, or with other lawful funding sources and financial donations from organizations and individuals at home and abroad.

2. Expenses for formulation of orientations, schemes and plans shall be determined based on cost estimates or data on expenses paid for the formulation of smart city development orientations, schemes and plans.

3. In case of hiring consultants, the estimates of consultant hiring expenses must include all necessary expenses for completion of hired consultancy services, including the expense for experts, management expense, other related expenses, pre-calculated taxable income, and contingency costs.

4. Expenses for the formulation of smart city development orientations and schemes of provinces and centrally run cities and smart city development plans that have been approved shall be publicized and must comply with the regulations on the state budget and investment management.

Section 2

SMART CITY PLANNING

Article 10. Formulation of smart-city master plans

1. Smart-city master plans

a/ Based on smart city development orientations and schemes, the formulation or adjustment of urban master plans at different levels must comply with the contents and requirements specified in this Decree to ensure the construction, management and development of smart cities;

b/ Contents of smart-city master plans shall be incorporated in urban master plans or adjusted and supplemented on the basis of approved urban master plans. Smart city development objectives and requirements identified in smart city development schemes serve as a basis for adjustment of urban master plans.

2. Urban planning activities must involve the development and operation of a city information modelling (CIM) to serve multi-dimensional impact assessment, analysis, decision-making support, planning implementation management, and urban development, and shall be gradually incorporated in the urban digital twin.

Article 11. Requirements for smart-city master plans

1. General master plans and specialized technical-infrastructure master plans for centrally run cities should, in addition to complying with the law on urban and rural planning, set orientations and integrate smart solutions suitable to the types of master plans, with the following contents:

a/ Clearly stating the vision and overall objectives of smart city development that are in line with orientations set in smart city development schemes;

b/ Defining smart-city framework orientations; incorporating smart city solutions in spatial organization, landscape architecture, land use, social infrastructure, technical infrastructure, and other necessary contents, while supporting the establishment of digital infrastructure and innovation infrastructure;

c/ Proposing priority sectors for the pilot application of smart solutions in each planning phase and smart city maturity level to be achieved. In case no zoning plan is required to be formulated for an urban center, the general master plan must propose priority areas for pilot construction and development of smart cities.

2. A zoning plan must integrate smart solutions, including the following contents:

a/ Concretizing smart city planning contents and solutions stated in the general master plan on urban areas and specialized technical-infrastructure master plans for centrally run cities;

b/ Defining technical indicators for smart city management and development within the planning scope;

c/ Identifying priority areas for pilot construction and development of smart cities.

3. A detailed plan must integrate smart solutions, including the following contents:

a/ Identifying locations, land-use scale and technical requirements for smart technical infrastructure networks; and solutions to support the establishment of digital infrastructure and innovation infrastructure as identified in higher-level master plans;

b/ Proposing feasible smart technological solutions for the management, operation and provision of urban infrastructure services;

c/ Identifying locations, scale and specific technical requirements for smart city infrastructure systems;

d/ Proposing smart city-related specific technical indicators and technological solutions for priority construction investment projects.

4. Smart city planning dossiers must comply with the Minister of Construction’s guidance on dossiers of urban and rural master plans.

Chapter III

STANDARDS, TECHNICAL REGULATIONS, INTEROPERABILITY AND INFORMATION SECURITY FOR SMART CITIES

Section 1

STANDARDS, TECHNICAL REGULATIONS AND INTEROPERABILITY

Article 12. System of national technical regulations and standards on smart cities

1. The system of national technical regulations and standards on smart cities serves as a basis for ensuring uniformity, consistency and interoperability of smart city systems, platforms and services nationwide.

2. The system of national technical regulations and standards on smart cities shall be designed to promote interoperability from the early stage, minimize vendor lock-in risks, and promote the application of widely recognized international standards.

3. The Ministry of Science and Technology shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Construction and other related ministries and sectors in, formulating, declaring, and organizing the implementation of, the roadmap for promulgation and application of, standards and national technical regulations on smart cities; guiding localities in applying appropriate international standards; and promulgating local standards suitable to local conditions according to their competence.

Article 13. ICT architecture framework for smart city development

1. The national ICT architecture framework for smart city development shall be integrated into the digital government infrastructure to avoid fragmented implementation, and must refer to and comply with recognized international open standards regarding:

a/ Interoperability of smart city platforms;

b/ Reference architecture for the Internet of Things (IoT);

c/ Application programming interfaces (APIs) and common data models;

d/ Information security assurance and scalability.

2. When formulating provincial-level ICT architecture for smart city development, localities shall ensure compliance and compatibility with the national ICT architecture framework for smart city development, with a focus on requirements on open APIs, common data model, quality control and traceability mechanisms, and scalability to promote an innovation ecosystem.

3. Smart city schemes, projects, systems, platforms and applications funded by state capital must comply with the national ICT architecture framework for smart city development and relevant technical regulations.

4. The Ministry of Science and Technology shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Construction in, formulating, promulgating, and guiding the implementation of, the national ICT architecture framework for smart city development; and coordinate with related agencies in building and operating periodical or ad hoc monitoring and inspection systems to monitor and evaluate the compliance with the ICT architecture framework for smart city development, standards and national technical regulations on smart city development; and propose management measures based on monitoring and evaluation results.

Article 14. Interoperability of smart city systems, platforms and applications

1. All smart city schemes, projects, information technology systems, digital platforms and applications funded by state capital shall be designed in adherence to the principles of ensuring interoperability, providing open APIs, and complying with national data standards. It is encouraged to apply these principles to systems using other funding sources.

2. The Ministry of Science and Technology shall issue technical regulations and guidance on testing and assessment of interoperability and promulgate an appropriate application roadmap, ensuring feasibility and uniformity nationwide.

Section 2

INFORMATION SECURITY

Article 15. Principles of information security assurance

1. Information security and personal data protection for smart cities shall be integrated in adherence to the Security by Design principle and must follow the Zero-Trust security model throughout the entire lifecycle of smart city systems, digital platforms and services; and be subject to continuous risk governance, technology supply chain management, and obligations to comply with standards and technical regulations.

2. The assurance of information security and cybersecurity, and protection of state secrets and personal data for smart cities must comply with the law on cyberinformation security, the law on cybersecurity, the law on protection of state secrets, the law on personal data protection, and other relevant laws.

Article 16. Classification and protection of data and information systems

1. Data in smart city systems shall be classified in accordance with the law on data and the law on personal data protection.

2. Smart city information systems must have information security levels determined in accordance with regulations; system-managing agencies shall implement corresponding protection measures, including backup, recovery, information security risk assessment, and other necessary measures under regulations.

3. Smart city projects and services involving personal data processing or artificial intelligence or big data application are subject to impact assessment in accordance with the law on data, the law on personal data protection, and other relevant laws.

Article 17. Responsibility for ensuring information security

1. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall:

a/ Organize the comprehensive implementation of measures to ensure smart city information security, and establish coordination mechanisms in case of emergency and incidents in accordance with law;

b/ Bear overall responsibility for information security of smart city systems under their management;

c/ Organize training and further training in basic cybersecurity knowledge for managerial and professional staffs;

d/ Define the responsibility of agencies managing important facilities in their localities to conduct periodical assessment of information security risks;

dd/ Develop scenarios, response procedures and interdisciplinary coordination mechanisms, and organize drills for responding to cyber incidents and operational disruptions.

2. The Ministry of Public Security shall:

a/ Assume the prime responsibility for providing guidance on, appraising, inspecting, and supervising, smart city information security;

b/ Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with related ministries and sectors in, conducting periodical or ad hoc supervision of the compliance with smart city information security requirements; and propose management measures based on supervision results.

3. The Ministry of National Defense shall guide, inspect and supervise cryptographic matters.

Chapter IV

DEVELOPMENT OF SMART-CITY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Section 1

DEVELOPMENT OF SMART-CITY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Article 18. Smart-city digital platforms and infrastructure

1. Smart-city digital infrastructure comprises telecommunications infrastructure, IoT infrastructure, data infrastructure and shared-use digital platforms.

2. The establishment and development of smart city digital platforms and databases must prioritize the use of cloud-first platforms in accordance with the Government’s orientations, in order to ensure flexibility, optimize resources, and comply with standards and technical regulations.

3. Shared-use digital platforms of urban centers shall be developed based on open architecture, providing open APIs to enable organizations, enterprises and individuals to connect, access data, and develop new applications and services.

4. The development of digital infrastructure must adhere to the principles of equitable and inclusive implementation, with priority given to disadvantaged areas in order to narrow the digital divide, ensuring that all citizens have opportunities to access and benefit from digital infrastructure.

Article 19. Establishment and governance of smart city databases

1. The establishment, governance and processing of smart city data must comply with the law on information security assurance, the law on data and the law on personal data protection.

2. Shared-use smart city databases of localities shall be connected to, and must enable two-way data sharing with, the national integrated database and other national databases. Provincial-level focal-point agencies in charge of data governance shall organize the provision of integrated datasets at the request of superior state agencies, while exploiting source datasets from national databases to serve the management and development of smart city services in localities. Data connection and sharing must comply with technical regulations, architecture, and follow data connection and sharing models issued by competent agencies.

3. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall direct the establishment, integration and operation of shared-use smart city databases of their localities, clearly assigning responsibilities and delegating powers to a specialized agency to act as the focal-point agency for data governance.

4. The focal-point agency specified in Clause 3 of this Article shall perform data management for shared-use databases of localities, issue rules on data quality, supervise data updating and manage the lifecycle of these data assets.

5. The State shall promote the transparent and secure development of the data economy in accordance with the law on data.

Article 20. Responsibility for providing fundamental data for smart cities

1. Organizations and individuals shall, when carrying out investment, construction, business or operation activities for facilities and services that have significant impacts on urban infrastructure and life, create and provide non-personal fundamental datasets in accordance with regulations to competent state agencies, for the purpose of developing urban and national shared-use databases.

2. Construction investment projects must comply with regulations on the application of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in accordance with the law on construction. Upon project completion, project owners shall hand over as-built BIM to the state management agencies in charge of construction in localities for integration into databases on planning, construction and urban infrastructure.

3. Ministries and sectors shall promulgate lists of other types of fundamental data and specify the scope of, subjects eligible for, technical standards and procedures for data provision in the fields under their management.

4. The State shall adopt policies to support and encourage organizations and individuals in creating and standardizing data under this Article, including technical assistance, training, and other incentives as provided in Article 39 of this Decree.

Article 21. Information systems for smart city development management

1. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall assign their subordinate specialized agencies to establish, maintain and operate information systems for smart city development management, ensuring adherence to the following principles:

a/ Data and information shall be regularly, fully, accurately and promptly updated, ensuring consistency and uniformity from the central level to the provincial and commune levels, and adhering to the general principles provided in the laws on data, cyberinformation security, cybersecurity, and personal data protection;

b/ Ensuring openness, transparency and convenience for search, exploitation and use by agencies, organizations and individuals;

c/ Uniformly managing information nationwide based on technical standards, data structure and technology platforms, while decentralizing and delegating powers for data management and updating among authorities at different levels, ensuring effective data integration and sharing among state management agencies and related organizations in accordance with law;

d/ Ensuring compliance with the Vietnam Digital Government Architecture Framework, the ICT architecture framework for smart city development, and standards and national technical regulations on data; and unified application of the City Information Modeling and Geographic Information Modeling.

2. Basic functions of an information system for smart city development management:

a/ Building, updating, managing, exploiting and using urban development data in digital form that are interoperable and integrated with databases on planning, land, population, construction activities, housing, and the real estate market; and archiving dossiers on planning, urban construction investment projects, and urban infrastructure status, and relevant documents on digital platforms and geographic information system (GIS);

b/ Providing tools for searching, looking-up and displaying planning and urban development information based on various criteria through a unified and intuitive GIS;

c/ Supporting reporting, statistics collection, analysis, forecasting, warning, assessment, and data and information updating activities to effectively serve management, monitoring, supervision, planning adjustment and urban development;

d/ Applying digitalized technology solutions and 3D models of urban centers for management purposes, simulating urban traffic and flooding scenarios, and integrating them with the operation of smart city monitoring and operation centers;

dd/ Integrating with relevant public service and administrative procedure systems.

3. General requirements:

a/ Data stored, managed, processed and exchanged within information systems for urban development management must apply open and unified format standards in conformity with standards or national technical regulations; use unique identification codes for urban planning and development projects; and apply the unified national coordinate reference system in order to ensure effective integration, interoperability and information sharing with relevant information systems;

b/ Compliance with the laws on cyberinformation security, cybersecurity and personal data protection; such a system shall be designed, developed and operated in conformity with the appropriate information security level as specified by law. In the course of operation, data authentication, encryption and periodical backup measures shall be implemented to ensure data recoverability in case of incidents; strict authorization and access control mechanisms shall be applied to ensure confidentiality and protection of information in all management, exploitation and use activities;

c/ Ensuring synchronized data connectivity and interoperability with the National Public Service Portal, electronic single-window information systems, construction licensing systems, urban development investment management systems, public accounting-finance systems, housing and land registration systems, digital certificate and cadastral map systems, and other specialized management information systems as specified by law, thereby facilitating the settlement of administrative procedures in the digital environment.

4. The Ministry of Construction shall provide guidance on the central-level urban development database, and supervise and inspect the development of provincial-level urban development databases serving smart city development.

Article 22. Urban digital twin

1. Urban digital twin is an advanced technology application that shall be developed on the basis of integrated urban data platforms, particularly geospatial data, BIM data, and real-time sensor data.

2. The development of urban digital twin must conform to national technical regulations and relevant standards on data models and interoperability to ensure sustainability and scalability.

3. The Ministry of Science and Technology shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Construction in, providing technical guidance on the development and application of digital twin in urban development management, including integration with smart city monitoring and operation centers and information systems for urban development management.

Section 2

DEVELOPMENT OF SMART-CITY TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Article 23. General requirements for development of smart-city technical infrastructure

1. Development of smart-city technical infrastructure is the application of digital technology and innovative solutions in construction, upgrading, management and operation in order to optimize resource utilization, protect the environment, improve service quality and promote sustainable development.

2. Priority shall be given to selecting forms of developing smart-city technical infrastructure to address urgent and pressing issues in each city in a way that is capable of mobilizing social resources, and highly flexible and scalable, with preferred use of green materials, green technologies and emission reduction technologies. To promote the development of smart energy infrastructure and models of managing and operating electricity, lighting, heating and air supply systems.

3. The development of smart-city technical infrastructure systems must use designs adhering to the principle of prioritizing the use of open standards, ensuring scalability and non-dependence on a sole technology or supplier.

4. Organizations assigned to manage, operate and use technical infrastructure facilities shall formulate plans and roadmaps for development of smart technical infrastructure; and carry out real-time data provision and sharing under regulations.

Article 24. Smart-city technical infrastructure sectors

1. Technical infrastructure serving smart-city traffic management, monitoring and operation, including: adaptive traffic signal control systems; traffic flow management, monitoring and analysis systems; electronic toll collection systems; smart terminal and parking management systems; infrastructure serving smart green vehicles, electric charging stations, power supply stations, and infrastructure for autonomous vehicles; interconnected multi-modal transport infrastructure; smart transit points; platforms integrating assorted mass transit modes to support users to plan, book and make electronic payment for the whole journey; and other technical infrastructure facilities serving smart-city transport.

2. Smart energy systems, including smart grids integrated with smart energy management devices and technologies capable of monitoring and managing load, and integrating renewable energy sources, and real-time energy consumption measurement and monitoring systems.

3. Smart public lighting, including lighting systems using energy-efficient, high-performance lighting equipment equipped with sensors and connected to the Internet that are capable of automatically adjusting brightness based on environmental conditions and traffic flow and are concentratedly managed for monitoring and giving incident alerts.

4. Smart water supply and drainage, including sensor systems monitoring water quality, pressure and flow; water leak and loss alerting systems; systems for giving inundation warnings and coordinating the operation of drainage systems; databases, customer information, and other smart solutions and technologies.

5. Smart solid waste management, including collection and transportation monitoring systems, garbage collection route optimization systems, and advanced waste-to-energy technologies.

Article 25. Requirements for integration and interconnection of technical infrastructure

1. Smart technical infrastructure systems that are built or upgraded to meet the requirements for integrated and interconnected urban infrastructure must meet the following requirements:

a/ Being able to connect and share real-time data in an interconnected manner with provincial-level local government service platforms (LGSPs) and smart city monitoring and operation centers;

b/ Following common data models and technical regulations and standards on interoperability;

c/ Providing open APIs to enable integration with other systems.

2. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall specify the responsibility for provision of data, data cycles, and standards on data quality of each technical infrastructure management agency.

3. Investment in trial application of new innovative models for development of smart technical infrastructure is entitled to incentives and supports provided in Article 39 of this Decree.

4. Data on technical infrastructure shall be connected and shared among cities to serve the management of inter-regional and inter-provincial technical infrastructure systems.

5. Requirements for integration and interconnection of of smart technical infrastructure systems for projects containing state secrets shall be specified by the managing ministries.

Chapter V

DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND APPLICATION OF THE REGULATORY SANDBOX

Article 26. Development of innovation infrastructure and ecosystems

1. To develop smart-city innovation ecosystems based on the model of close linkage between the State, schools, research institutes, businesses and the community.

2. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall:

a/ Connect and effectively use the network of national and local innovation centers to form cooperation programs for smart city development, incubation and startup acceleration, and open innovation competitions, and connect resources for investment in smart city solutions;

b/ Promote the establishment and operation of creative cultural infrastructure, including creative cultural centers, digital libraries, digital exhibitions, contemporary performance spaces, and interactive museums for co-creation and testing of smart city solutions in real-world contexts;

c/ Promulgate according to their competence regulations on integrating innovation into smart city infrastructure and services and mechanisms on financial support and public-private partnership to attract private and international investment in operating innovation centers and urban creative cultural infrastructure;

d/ Coordinate the sharing of informative data and shared-use resources for local innovation ecosystems and strengthen linkages with national and international innovation networks.

Article 27. General provisions on application of the regulatory sandbox in smart city development

1. The regulatory sandbox shall be applied to deploy on a trial basis new technologies, services and business models related to smart city that are not yet regulated by law, based on the provisions of the law on the digital technology industry, the law on science, technology and innovation, and the National Assembly’s regulations on pilot implementation of a number of special mechanisms and policies to create breakthroughs in the development of science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation.

2. Smart city projects are encouraged to apply on a trial basis technologies, products, and services in accordance with the priority orientations set in the national strategy on science, technology, innovation and digital transformation:

a/ Trial application of technologies: It is permitted to apply on a trial basis breakthrough technologies such as artificial intelligence and unmanned vehicles in a controlled environment;

b/ Trial application of business models: It is permitted to apply on a trial basis new business models such as the sharing economy, data-driven services or data commercialization platforms;

c/ Trial application of services: It is permitted to apply on a trial basis new urban services, including proactive public services based on data analytics or integrated multi-sector applications.

3. Organizations and individuals participating in the trial application activities shall buy civil liability insurance appropriate to the scale and level of risks of these activities.

 4. Organizations and individuals may apply the regulatory sandbox to digital technology products and services to serve the smart city development in accordance with the law on science, technology and innovation and the law on the digital technology industry.

Chapter VI

DEVELOPMENT OF SMART BUILDINGS, SMART CITIES, AND SMART SERVICES AND UTILITIES

Article 28. Application of building and city information management systems in smart city development

1. To encourage businesses, organizations and localities to apply building information modeling (BIM), city information modeling (CIM) and geographic information system (GIS) in all stages of urban development.

2. To encourage organizations to implement pilot models integrating BIM, GIS, and the Internet of Things (IoT), creating digital urban twins to serve smart city development.

Article 29. Smart buildings

1. A smart building is a construction work that uses advanced technologies, solutions, management systems and technical equipment in the process of designing, construction and operation to meet the requirements specified in Clause 2 of this Article.

2. A smart building must meet the following basic requirements:

a/ Meeting the requirements for environmentally friendly, energy-efficient, and climate change-adaptive construction works as specified by the laws on construction and energy conservation and efficiency;

b/ Being able to connect and share data in a secure and interconnected manner with the overall ecosystem of the smart city or smart urban area, and the smart city monitoring and operation center;

c/ Applying BIM in the designing, construction and operational management processes;

d/ Maintaining a comfortable, secure and safe living and working environment for users through a smart building management system (BMS);

dd/ Ensuring information security, confidentiality, and protection of personal data of building users.

Article 30. Smart cities and technology cities

1. The State shall encourage investors to develop smart cities and technology cities.

2. Requirements for a smart city:

a/ Meeting the general requirements for urban areas as specified by law and the requirements for smart city development specified in Article 4 of this Decree;

b/ Meeting the requirements for digital infrastructure readiness, providing management services using ICT solutions to collect, analyze and integrate information to serve the provision of smart utility services and urban management;

c/ Applying and maintaining solutions for energy conservation and efficiency, timely risk warning, and assurance of security and safety for residents;

d/ Being able to connect and share data in a secure and interconnected manner with the overall urban ecosystem;

dd/ Undergoing smart city assessment and certification under the Ministry of Construction’s regulations to obtain an independent and public assessment of the level of compliance with the requirements specified in Clause 2 of this Article. The Ministry of Construction shall periodically examine the certification of smart cities, issue guidelines on the framework process for assessing smart cites; the framework of capacity for units and organizations conducting assessment and certification; and make public results of the assessment and certification.

3. Requirements for a technology city: In addition to the requirements for a smart city, a technology city must focus on developing certain functions related to research and testing, production and development of products, technology demonstration, startup ecosystem, and support for the development of science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation. The area of ​​residential land in a technology city must not exceed 15% of the area of ​​land with existing infrastructure of that city.

Article 31. Smart city services and utilities

1. Smart city services and utilities shall be designed with a user-centered approach, ensuring inclusiveness, easy access, and usability for all subjects, including the elderly, people with disabilities and other vulnerable groups.

2. The application of artificial intelligence in public services that impact the rights and interests of citizens must adhere to the principles of transparency, accountability and fairness, and be subject to human oversight in accordance with law.

3. The State shall prioritize and promote research, development and implementation of proactive, personalized public services based on data analytics, aiming to provide the best experience and most effective services for citizens and businesses; and promote the development of shared-use platforms, attracting social resources and public-private partnerships in the development of smart city services and utilities.

4. The development of smart city applications in the fields of environment, waste collection and treatment, healthcare, education, urban security and safety, culture, tourism, and entertainment, and other fields must comply with current laws and regulations applicable to each field, the instructions and regulations of line ministries, and the provisions of this Decree.

5. To apply technologies in the organization and management of freight transport and smart urban logistics to optimize the flow of goods, reduce logistic costs, and minimize impacts on traffic and the environment; to promote the construction of smart logistics centers, optimize delivery routes, and deploy smart delivery systems and green energy-operated delivery vehicles.

6. Provincial-level smart city development plans must identify the list of basic services and optional services prioritized for investment and development in each stage.

Article 32. Integration of applications and services into smart urban ecosystems

1. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall develop open, shared-use platforms that are concentratedly and uniformly managed throughout their provinces or cities and ready to be integrated with other systems to provide applications and utility services.

2. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall issue regulations on management, operation and integration of applications, which must:

a/ Clearly define connection standards, interaction methods, access authority, data processing, and process of integration with third-party products and services;

b/ Clearly define the responsibilities of state agencies, businesses and citizens in the development, provision and use of, and giving of feedback on, services and utilities on the shared-use platform.

Chapter VII

SMART CITY GOVERNANCE AND OPERATION

Article 33. Smart city monitoring and operation centers

1. Smart city monitoring and operation centers shall be established at the   provincial level to perform tasks of monitoring and operating urban activities in a comprehensive and interdisciplinary manner, in conformity with the specific conditions of each locality; a center may have several branches.

2. Smart city monitoring and operation centers must operate based on integrated data platforms, enabling real-time interconnection with information systems of provincial-level departments and sectors and deeply integrated with urban digital twins.

3. Technical solutions for operating smart city monitoring and operation centers must ensure technological neutrality, be ready for integration of solutions provided by different businesses and future scalability; and establish digital interactive channels and transparent data retrieval for monitoring and evaluation by citizens.

4. Smart city monitoring and operation centers must have interdisciplinary standard operational scenarios, clearly defining triggering data thresholds, coordination procedures, responsibilities of stakeholders, and corresponding response actions for routine, special and emergency operational situations; and be connected directly to emergency response agencies.

5. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall direct the review of provincial-level smart city monitoring and operation centers for upgrading or integration to ensure the fulfillment of smart city monitoring and operation functions and tasks.

6. The Ministry of Science and Technology shall provide guidance on models of provincial-level smart city monitoring and operation centers.

Article 34. Assessment of smart cities’ maturity levels

1. Smart city development shall be classified and assessed according to maturity levels, from the level of foundational construction and system integration to governance innovation and sustainable urban development, serving as a basis for reviewing, and considering supplementation and adjustment of, tasks and solutions for smart city development in each stage.

2. The Ministry of Construction shall assume the prime responsibility for promulgating the set of indicators and guidelines on criteria for assessment based on the maturity of smart cities; publicize the criteria and grounds for selection, and publish the list of units and organizations qualified to conduct assessment and recognition, and periodically review the eligibility of these units and organizations.

3. Units and organizations recognizing smart cities’ maturity shall:

a/ Be held responsible for the assessment and recognition results;

b/ Specify the components of the dossier of application for assessment and recognition; and steps of assessing and recognizing the maturity of a smart city;

c/ Specify expenses for assessment and recognition in accordance with law;

d/ Send the recognition results to the Ministry of Construction for monitoring and publicization.

4. The Ministry of Construction shall publicly announce the results of recognition of smart cities’ maturity on the National Smart City Portal.

Article 35. Participation of businesses and citizens in smart city governance and operation

1. Businesses of all economic sectors are encouraged to participate in investing in, researching, developing and providing smart city products and services; and cooperate with administrations in applying pilot models.

2. Institutes, schools and research institutions shall participate in researching and proposing models and solutions; coordinate in training and development of human resources; and participate in policy consultation and criticism.

3. Citizens and communities have the right to be provided with information, give feedback, monitor, and benefit from smart city development; have the responsibility to use services and give feedback on the level of fulfillment of commitments by service providers, comply with relevant regulations, and work together to build a civilized urban community.

Chapter VIII

RESOURCES AND INVESTMENT IN SMART CITY DEVELOPMENT

Article 36. Mobilization of funds for smart city development

1. Funding sources for smart city development shall be mobilized from the state budget, businesses, public-private partnership, and other lawful funding sources.

2. The State shall prioritize the allocation of public investment funds for foundational, shared-use infrastructure items, open data, and projects that bring significant public benefits but are difficult to recover investment funds.

Article 37. Cost determination principles

1. The determination of costs and the organization of contractor selection must comply with the laws on investment management, construction, and bidding, and other relevant specialized laws.

2. The costs of new, complex science, technology, innovation and digital transformation items, contents, products and services not yet included in the techno-economic norms issued by competent state agencies shall be determined on the basis of market prices, ensuring publicity, transparency, and adherence to the cost determination principles specified in Clause 1 of this Article.

Article 38. Promotion of investment in the form of public-private partnership (PPP)

1. The State shall promote the implementation of smart city projects, especially investment projects on construction and operation of digital infrastructure, shared-use platforms and smart city services in the form of PPP in accordance with the law on investment in the form of PPP.

2. To promote the application of flexible and innovative PPP contract types, including but not limited to cooperation models for data sharing, platform operation, and digital service provision, as well as long-term service leasing, with clear regulations on the state ownership of data and mechanisms for sharing revenues from value-added data.

3. The State shall adopt mechanisms to support and create favorable conditions for investors implementing PPP projects in the field of smart city development, including:

a/ Providing, and facilitating access to, data sets managed by state agencies in accordance with law for investors to research and develop new business models and services;

b/ Prioritizing the use of state capital to invest in high-risk foundational infrastructure facilities within overall PPP projects.

4. For long-term information technology service leasing contracts, the contract terms must clearly stipulate that data ownership belongs to state agencies; service providers are obliged to ensure the ability to extract and transfer all data to another platform upon contract termination, complying with established open data standards.

Article 39. Incentive and support mechanisms for smart city development

1. Organizations and individuals participating in smart city development activities are entitled to the highest incentives and supports as provided by the law on science, technology and innovation and the law on the digital technology industry.

2. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall promulgate regulations on inter-agency coordination to implement a single-window mechanism for considering grant of, and guiding organizations and individuals entitled to, incentives.

3. Localities are encouraged to promulgate policies on additional incentives and supports from local budgets for innovative startup projects, projects implemented under the regulatory sandbox mechanism, and projects addressing urgent urban problems in their localities, ensuring compliance with the law on the digital technology industry and the law on the state budget.

4. Products, services and models that have successfully been deployed under the regulatory sandbox mechanism, are evaluated as efficient, and have the potential for scalability will be prioritized for consideration in public procurement or implemented in the form of PPP in accordance with law.

Article 40. Development of human resources for smart city development

1. Developing high-quality human resources and improving digital awareness and skills for the entire society constitute a central and continuous task, and must meet the general requirements for smart city development specified in Article 4 of this Decree.

2. For cadres, civil servants and public employees:

a/ Ministries, sectors and localities shall, according to their assigned functions and tasks, implement plans on periodical training and further training on smart city development, digital governance, data analytics, information security, innovative thinking, and other necessary skills;

b/ Provincial-level People’s Councils shall, within their competence, prioritize allocating budget funds for training and further training under Point a of this Clause;

c/ The Ministry of Construction shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Science and Technology and other related ministries and sectors in, promulgating a framework program on training and further training on smart city development.

3. For citizens and businesses:

a/ People’s Committees at all levels shall organize, attract social resources for, and adopt cooperation mechanisms to organize, programs to disseminate knowledge of, and raise awareness about, the benefits, risks and skills for using smart city services safely and effectively; prioritize the provision of support for the elderly, people with disabilities and vulnerable groups to access smart-city digital infrastructure and services;

b/ To develop digitalized communication tools, use digital platforms and social media, and interactive platforms, and organize competitions to build a culture of innovation.

4. Developing highly specialized technical personnel:

a/ Provincial-level People’s Committees shall formulate training plans and collaborate with education institutions, research institutes and businesses to develop priority human resource groups, including the managerial policy planning group, the technology and engineering group, and the service operation group; to form a pool of experts in ICT architecture, data center operation, urban digital twin exploitation, and big data analytics, thus meeting the needs for organizing smart city monitoring and operation centers and key smart city systems, and satisfying market demands and smart city development goals of localities;

b/ Provincial-level People’s Committees shall establish a long-term mechanism connecting the State, schools and businesses, diversifying budget sources for human resource development, including designing programs, granting scholarships, internship places, and carrying out joint research; and encourage the formation of scholarship funds and research-innovation funds for the smart city development sector in conformity with the development goals in each period of their localities.

5. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall determine annual quantitative targets on the number of cadres trained in digital skills, data analytics skills, and the operation of smart city monitoring and operation centers.

Article 41. International cooperation on smart city development

1. Ministries, sectors and localities shall issue regulations to promote international cooperation, information exchange and technology transfer in the field of smart city development; and proactively select and promote cooperation activities that are appropriate to the reality of smart city development in each period, giving priority to the following content groups:

a/ Technologies, technical regulations and standards in smart city development;

b/ Supports in terms of resources for smart city development;

c/ Improving the institutional and legal framework to promote smart city development;

d/ Advanced experiences and new trends in smart city development.

2. The Ministry of Construction shall participate in international cooperation on smart city development.

3. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall be held responsible and specify the procedures for organizing the appraisal, evaluation and acceptance of international technologies and models for application in their localities.

Chapter IX

ORGANIZATION OF IMPLEMENTATION

Article 42. Mechanism for coordination in smart city development

1. When necessary to serve the direction and implementation of national smart-city development orientations, the Prime Minister shall establish an interdisciplinary organization to coordinate smart city development activities of provinces, cities, ministries and central sectors.

2. Each provincial-level People’s Committee shall decide on the establishment and prescribe the functions, tasks, powers and operation regulations of the provincial-level smart city development coordination council, which shall be placed under the provincial-level steering agency for science, technology, innovation and digital transformation, on the basis of restructuring this steering agency and other interdisciplinary organizations involved in smart city development (if any); and invite experts, business representatives, institutes and schools to give advices to the Council.

3. The Chairperson of the provincial-level smart city development coordination council shall assign the provincial-level Department of Construction or a provincial-level specialized agency to act as the Council’s standing body; assign the Council’s standing body to specify the procedures for soliciting opinions and the time limit for giving opinions on the formulation, issuance and adjustment of the regional smart city development plan; and decide on the establishment of expert’s groups and assisting groups of the Council.

4. The operating funds of the smart city development coordination council shall be included in the annual budget estimates of the agencies and units that send personnel to join the Council.

Article 43. National Smart City Portal

1. The National Smart City Portal shall:

a/ Serve as the focal point for providing information, standards and technical regulations, and monitoring smart city development activities; connect and share information with other information systems to form an urban database;

b/ Integrate a dedicated developer portal that publishes a catalog of open APIs and open data, and provides technical documents and necessary tools to support the application development community;

c/ Provide online services that are interconnected with other information systems of the State, covering: registering for participation in the regulatory sandbox mechanism; providing information and submitting dossiers of registration for financial assistance programs and policies related to science, technology, innovation and digital transformation in smart cities; receiving feedback, initiatives and contributions from citizens on smart city development activities;

d/ Integrate a monitoring dashboard that publicly and visually displays and periodically updates KPIs in national smart city development orientations and the results of assessment of smart cities’ maturity levels of localities;

dd/ Perform other functions serving the state management of smart cities.

2. Smart city projects using state capital are obliged to register and disclose information about the projects, contractors, contract value, data models, and open APIs on the Portal.

3. The Ministry of Construction shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with related ministries and agencies in, managing and operating the Portal.

Article 44. Responsibilities of ministries and sectors

1. The Ministry of Construction is the focal-point agency which shall be held responsible to the Government for performing the state management of smart city development; assume the prime responsibility for setting national smart city development orientations; guide the integration of smart cities into planning and technical infrastructure; and assume the prime responsibility for, and guide technical regulations, standards and criteria for smart city development within its competence.

2. The Ministry of Science and Technology shall be held responsible before the Government for performing the state management of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation in smart cities; assume the prime responsibility for developing the system of technical regulations, standards and the ICT architecture framework; and provide guidance on digital twins and regulatory sandbox mechanisms.

3. The Ministry of Public Security shall take the main charge and be held responsible for ensuring national security, social order and safety, cybersecurity, and data protection in smart city development.

4. Other ministries and sectors shall, within their ambit of their respective functions and tasks, integrate smart city development contents and coordinate with related agencies.

Article 45. Responsibilities of local administrations

1. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall:

a/ Be held fully responsible for organizing and deploying smart city development in their localities;

b/ Formulate, approve and implement local smart city development schemes, ensuring conformity with national orientations and the provisions of this Decree;

c/ Review, examine, and take measures to ensure compliance with, technical regulations, standards and regulations on information security, and the fulfillment of responsibilities for providing interconnected data as prescribed.

2. People’s Committees at all levels shall, within their competence, promulgate smart city development plans; direct the construction of shared-use infrastructure and databases and the provision of smart services; and organize the implementation of pilot mechanisms and investment incentives in their respective localities.

Chapter X

IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS

Article 46. Transitional provisions

1. Smart city development schemes and plans approved before the effective date of this Decree shall continue to be implemented. Competent agencies shall review and, if necessary, adjust these schemes and plans or formulate new ones so as to ensure compliance with this Decree according to a suitable roadmap without affecting the progress and effectiveness of the issued schemes and plans.

2. Smart urban centers that have completed before the effective date of this Decree are not required to obtain smart city certification under the provisions of this Decree.

Article 47. Effect and implementation responsibility

1. This Decree takes effect on the date of its signing.

2. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies, chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees, and related organizations and individuals shall implement this Decree.-

On behalf of the Government
For the Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister
NGUYEN CHI DUNG