Law on Access to Information 2026, No. 01/2026/QH16

LAW

On Access to Information^[1]

Pursuant to the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which has a number of articles amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 203/2025/QH15;

The National Assembly promulgates the Law on Access to Information.

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of regulation

This Law prescribes the exercise of citizens’ right of access to information; and responsibilities of state agencies and public non-business units tasked to provide basic and essential public non-business services (below referred to as agencies and units) for guaranteeing citizens’ right of access to information.

Article 2. Interpretation of terms

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

1. Information means information or data contained in available documents, dossiers or materials in the form of handwritten, printed or electronic copy, picture, photo, drawing, tape, or disc, or video or audio recording or another form created or held by an agency or a unit.

2. Information created by an agency or a unit means information created by an agency or a unit during the course of performing its functions and tasks and exercising its powers as prescribed by law, which is signed and affixed with a seal, or certified in writing, by a competent person of such state agency.

3. Information held by an agency or a unit means information received by an agency or a unit during the course of performing its functions and tasks and exercising its powers as prescribed by law.

4. Access to information means the reading, watching, listening to, taking note of, copying, photographing or download of information.

5. Provision of information includes disclosure of information and provision of information by an agency or a unit at the request of citizens.

Article 3.  Principles of guaranteeing the right of access to information

1. All citizens are equal and not discriminated in exercising their right of access to information. The State shall provide support and create favourable conditions for persons with disabilities, ethnic minority persons, inhabitants of border, island and mountainous areas, ethnic minority areas, and areas with difficult or extremely difficult socio-economic conditions to exercise the right of access to information.

2. Provided information must be accurate and complete.

3. The provision of information must follow the order and procedures prescribed by law, while promoting information technology application and digital transformation, enhancing information provision in the digital environment, and ensuring the timely, transparent and convenient provision of information to citizens.

4. Any restriction on the right of access to information when it is necessary to ensure national defence and security, social order and safety, social morality or community well-being shall be prescribed by law.

5. The exercise of the right of access to information by a citizen must not infringe upon interests of the country or the nation, or upon lawful rights and interests of agencies, organisations or other persons.

Article 4. Application of law

This Law applies generally to citizens’ access to information. In case another law contains provisions on citizens’ access to information which are not contrary to the principles specified in Article 3 of this Law, the provisions of such law shall prevail.

Article 5. Prohibited acts

1. Intentionally providing wrong or incomplete information, delaying the provision of information; failing to provide information as prescribed by law; destroying information; and forging information.

2. Providing or using information to oppose the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; undermine the solidarity policy; insult beliefs or religions; show stigma against or sow division among ethnic groups; provoke violence; or adversely affect national defence, national security, foreign affairs, or social order or safety.

3. Providing or using information to harm the honour, dignity or reputation of agencies, organisations or individuals; cause gender stigma; cause harm to the life and health of individuals; or infringe upon the lawful rights and interests of agencies, organisations or individuals, or cause damage to their property.

4. Obstructing, intimidating or repressing a person who requests provision of information or provides information; obstructing the provision of information.

5. Disseminating or unlawfully trading in, or intentionally disclosing, provided information concerning the privacy, personal secrets, personal data, family secrets or business secrets specified in Article 16 of this Law.

6. Abusing the exercise of the right of access to information to commit unlawful acts or obstruct the normal operation of agencies or organisations.

Article 6. Handling of violations

1. Those who violate the law on access to information shall, depending on the nature and severity of their violations, be disciplined, administratively handled or examined for penal liability.

2. Information-providing persons who commit violations of law shall, if causing damage, compensate for the damage in accordance with law.

3. Those who exercise the right of access to information and use the provided information to cause harm to the lawful rights and interests of agencies or organisations or other persons, shall be held liable in accordance with law.

Chapter II

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF CITIZENS IN THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION; RESPONSIBILITIES OF AGENCIES AND UNITS FOR ENSURING THE EXERCISE OF THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION

Article 7. Subjects exercising the right of access to information

1. Citizens shall exercise the right of access to information in accordance with this Law.

2. A person who has lost his/her civil act capacity shall request the provision of information through his/her lawful representative.

A person who has difficulty in cognition and behaviour control shall request the provision of information through his/her guardian.

3. An under-18 person shall request the provision of information by himself/herself or at the consent of or through his/her lawful representative in accordance with the civil law, unless otherwise prescribed by the Law on Children or other laws.

Article 8. Rights and obligations of citizens in the access to information

1. Citizens have the rights:

a/ To be provided with accurate and complete information in a timely, transparent and convenient manner;

b/ To complain, denounce or initiate lawsuits against acts that violate the law on access to information as prescribed in Article 13 of this Law.

2. Citizens have the obligations:

a/ To observe the law on access to information;

b/ To refrain from falsifying the content of provided information;

c/ To refrain from infringing upon the lawful rights and interests of agencies, organisations or other persons when exercising the right of access to information.

Article 9. Modes of access to information

Citizens may access information by the following modes:

1. Freely accessing information disclosed by agencies and units;

2. Requesting agencies and units to provide information.

Article 10. Scope of and responsibility for provision of information

1. Agencies and units shall provide information they create, except the cases prescribed in Article 15 of this Law; and provide information when the required conditions are fully met in the cases prescribed in Article 16 of this Law.

2. Agencies and units shall themselves provide information, except the following cases:

a/ The Office of the National Assembly shall provide information created by the National Assembly, the National Assembly Standing Committee, agencies of the National Assembly, and the National Election Council, and information it creates;

b/ The President Office shall provide information created by the President and information it creates;

c/ The Government Office shall provide information created by the Government and the Prime Minister and information it creates;

d/ The Office of the National Assembly Deputies’ Delegation and People’s Council of a province/city shall provide information created by the National Assembly Deputies’ Delegation, the People’s Council and its Standing Body and agencies and the information it creates;

dd/ A focal unit determined by a provincial-level People’s Committee shall provide information created by the provincial-level People’s Committee and its Chairperson, and information it creates;

e/ A focal unit determined by a commune-level People’s Committee shall provide citizens residing in its locality with information created by the commune-level People’s Council and its Standing Body and agencies, the commune-level People’s Committee and its Chairperson, and other commune-level specialised agencies and administrative organisations, and information it creates; and provide other citizens with such information in case such information directly relates to their lawful rights and interests;

g/ The Minister of National Defence and the Minister of Public Security shall appoint focal points to take charge of information provision within their organisational systems.

3. Agencies and units shall provide information they hold in case the provision of such information is necessary to protect public interests and community well-being.

4. For dossiers and materials containing both information inaccessible and information accessible to citizens, and these information items can be reasonably separated, agencies and units shall consider and decide to provide part of dossiers and materials containing information accessible to citizens.

Article 11. Responsibilities of agencies and units in guaranteeing the right of access to information

1. Agencies and units shall take measures to guarantee the right of access to information; and create favourable conditions for people with disabilities, ethnic minority persons, and inhabitants of border, island and mountainous areas, ethnic minority areas, and areas with difficult or extremely difficult socio-economic conditions to exercise their right of access to information.

2. Agencies and units shall create conditions for and encourage enterprises, organisations and individuals to research and apply scientific and technological advances in developing public information systems; and upgrade and invest in specialised equipment to serve the provision of information by agencies and units in border, island and mountainous areas, ethnic minority areas, and areas with difficult or extremely difficult socio-economic conditions in accordance with relevant laws.

3. The portals and websites of agencies and units shall be connected and integrated with the portals and websites of their subordinate agencies and units to update and share information for the convenience of citizens.

Agencies and units shall maintain, store and update information databases, ensuring that information is systematic, complete, comprehensive, and easy to search, download and use.

4. Before providing information, agencies and units shall review, classify, check, and ensure the confidentiality of, such information.

5. Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-attached agencies, and People’s Committees at all levels shall make and publicly disclose the lists of public non-business units tasked with providing basic and essential public non-business services under their management. Agencies and units shall announce administrative procedures related to provision of information under regulations.

6. Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-attached agencies, and People’s Committees at all levels shall, within the ambit of their assigned functions and tasks, implement measures to guarantee the right of access to information according to the Government’s regulations.

7. The Government shall perform the unified state management of access to information; and detail Clauses 1 and 4 of this Article.

Article 12. Oversight of the guarantee of the right of access to information

The National Assembly, the National Assembly Standing Committee, People’s Councils at all levels, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, and competent agencies and organisations shall, within the ambit of their tasks and powers, oversee the guarantee of citizens’ right of access to information in accordance with law.

Article 13. Lodging of complaints and denunciations and initiation of lawsuits

1. Those who request provision of information have the right to lodge complaints or initiate lawsuits against agencies, units and persons responsible for information provision specified in Article 10 of this Law.

2. Citizens have the right to denounce violations of the law on access to information.

3. The lodging of complaints and denunciations and the initiation of lawsuits related to the access to information must comply with the laws on complaints, denunciations and administrative procedures, unless otherwise prescribed by relevant laws.

Chapter III

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION, PROVISION OF INFORMATION UPON REQUEST

Section 1

SCOPE OF ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION

Article 14. Information accessible to citizens

Citizens may access information of agencies and units, except inaccessible information prescribed in Article 15 of this Law; and may access under certain conditions information prescribed in Article 16 of this Law.

Article 15. Information inaccessible to citizens

1. Information classified as state secrets as prescribed in the law on protection of state secrets.

After information classified as state secrets is declassified, citizens may access it in accordance with this Law.

2. Information on the privacy, personal secrets and family secrets as prescribed in the civil law, and personal data as prescribed in the law on personal data protection, except the case specified in Clause 1, Article 16 of this Law.

3. Business secrets as prescribed in the law on intellectual property, except the case specified in Clause 2, Article 16 of this Law.

4. Information which, if provided, will cause harm to the interests of the State or adversely affect national defence and security, external relations, social order and safety, social morality or community well-being; or cause harm to the life and health of other persons; or infringe upon the lawful rights and interests of agencies, organisations or other persons; or cause damage to their property.

The determination of the information prescribed in this Clause must comply with relevant laws; in case it is not yet regulated by law, based on the actual conditions, the heads of agencies or units shall consider and decide on the provision of information.

5. Information classified as work-related secrets, as determined by agencies and units in accordance with law.

6. Information about internal meetings of agencies and units; and documents compiled by agencies and units for internal work.

Article 16. Information accessible to citizens under certain conditions

1. Information relating to a person’s privacy or personal secrets may be accessed if so consented by such person; information relating to a family’s secrets may be accessed if so consented by such family’s members.

The access to information classified as personal data must comply with the law on personal data protection.

2. Information relating to a business secret may be accessed if so consented by the owner of such secret.

3. The conditional access to archived documents held by historical archives must comply with the law on archives.

4. In the course of performing their functions and tasks and exercising their powers, heads of agencies and units shall decide on the provision of information relating to the privacy, personal secrets, personal data, family secrets and business secrets without requiring the consent as specified in Clause 1 or 2 of this Article when it is necessary to ensure public interests or community well-being in accordance with relevant laws.

Chapter II

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

Article 17. Information suject to disclosure

1. The following information must be disclosed:

a/ National and local socio-economic development strategies, programmes, projects, schemes and plans; annual work programmes and plans of agencies and units; periodical work reports; national databases of sectors and fields; and statistical information on sectors and fields under management;

b/ Legal documents; administrative documents of general application; treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a contracting party, international agreements of which Vietnam is a signatory; administrative procedures and work settlement processes of agencies and units.

Dossiers of draft legal documents as prescribed by law; contents and results of referendums and responses to the people’s opinions on issues which are to be decided by state agencies and put up for public comment in accordance with law; schemes and draft schemes on the establishment, dissolution, merger and division of administrative units, adjustment of administrative boundaries and renaming of administrative units; information on, guidelines for implementation of, laws, regimes and policies in the fields under management of state agencies;

c/ Information on the functions, tasks, powers and organisational structures of agencies and units and their subordinate agencies and units; tasks and powers of cadres, civil servants and public employees directly settling the people’s affairs; internal rules and regulations issued by agencies and units; plans on rotation of work positions; norms, standards and regimes, and the results of implementation of regulations on such norms, standards and regimes;

d/ Information on state budget estimates; reports on state budget estimate implementation; account-finalisation of the state budget; annual financial statements; the estimation of the state budget, the implementation of state budget estimates and account-finalisation of the state budget of budget-estimating units and organisations receiving state budget support; supports directly provided by the state budget to residents in the localities; financial plans and implementation thereof, and annual financial account-finalisation of off-budget state financial funds; state budget-related procedures; information on taxes, charges and fees;

dd/ Information on the allocation, management and use of official development assistance and non-governmental aid under regulations; information on the management and use of social relief and subsidies; management and use of the people’s contributions and funds of all types;

e/ Information on the investment, management and use of state capital at enterprises; assessment reports on the performance and classification of enterprises; reports on supervision of the disclosure of financial information of enterprises and state agencies acting as representatives of the state owner of enterprises; information on the organisation and operation of state enterprises;

g/ Information on public assets in accordance with law; the allocation, management and use of public financial resources or funds mobilised from other lawful sources; the lists of public investment and public procurement projects and programmes and the management and use of public investment capital, the situation and results of implementation of public investment plans, programmes and projects; information on business investment projects; results of contractor selection and, explanations of the reasons for unsuccessful bids at the request of contractors;

h/ Inspection conclusions; reports on anti-corruption work; audit reports after issued, and reports on results of implementation of the State Audit Office of Vietnam’s audit conclusions and recommendations after submitted to the National Assembly; the National Strategy for Waste Prevention and Control; plans on implementation of the National Strategy for Waste Prevention and Control; programmes on thrift, and waste control; reports on the results of thrift, and waste control; results of the handling of acts causing waste.

i/ Information on sanctioning of administrative violations on food safety, product and goods quality, pharmaceuticals, labour, construction, social insurance, health insurance, environmental protection, tax, securities, intellectual property, measurement, production and trading of counterfeit goods that cause significant consequences or negatively impact on public opinion; information on employers’ delaying or shirking the payment of compulsory social insurance or unemployment insurance premiums;

k/ Information on national-level master plans, regional master plans, provincial master plans, detailed sectoral master plans, master plans on urban and rural areas, and master plans on special administrative-economic units;

l/ Information on land use plans; land prices; land recovery; plans on compensation, support and resettlement related to projects and works in localities; results of land survey and evaluation; decisions on coercive implementation of compulsory land inventory decisions; boundary marks for land use within safety corridors;

m/ Lists of housing investment projects in localities where foreign organisations and individuals may own houses; housing development programmes and plans; lists of housing investment projects under construction in provinces and cities; conclusions of inspection and evaluation of condominium quality; plans on condominium renovation or reconstruction, or recovery and coercive handover of official residences; decisions on condominium relocation, or coercive recovery of social houses;

n/ Information on products, goods and services that have adverse impacts on health and environment; conclusions of examinations and supervisions related to environmental protection, community well-being, food safety and occupational safety; information on chemical safety; information on the lists of medical examination and treatment establishments possessing operation licenses; quality evaluation results of medical examination and treatment establishments; the working time and list of practitioners at medical examination and treatment establishments; information on medical examination and treatment service charges; medical examination and treatment establishments violating the law on health;

o/ General information on education institutions; financial revenues and expenditures of education institutions; quality assurance conditions, plans and operational results of early childhood education, general education and continuing education; and conditions for quality assurance of training and research, and plans and results of training, science and technology activities of higher education and vocational education;

p/ Information on environmental quality and environmental pollution; plans on environmental incident response; information on environmental incidents; information on sources of wastes to be discharged into the surface water environment and sources likely to cause environmental incidents in provinces and cities; environmental impact assessment reports; environmental licenses; information on natural heritage sites, natural ecosystems, species and gene sources of living organisms; natural reserves and biodiversity conservation facilities; and important wetlands; results of monitoring of quality of soil, air, surface water, groundwater and seawater environment, sediments and aquatic environment of surface water sources;

q/ Lists of cultural heritages, and the preservation, embellishment and restoration of relics approved and announced in localities where exist relics;

r/ Information on the labour market in accordance with the law on employment; information on the recruitment, employment and management of cadres, civil servants and public employees; information on lists and results of scientific programmes and themes; lists of archive dossiers and documents;

s/ Information on basic and essential public services, procedures, processing time limit, and results of basic and essential public service provision; procedures and time limits for, and results of, online public service provision; information on assurance of quality of online public services under regulations; and results of evaluation of the level of universalisation and accessibility of online public services;

t/ Approved digital transformation plans; information on standards and technical regulations applicable to shared digital platforms, and results of evaluation of the level of digital transformation;

u/ Lists of information subject to disclosure under regulations; names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses of agencies and units acting as focal points for receiving requests for information; addresses of channels for public disclosure and providing information upon request;

v/ Other information subject to disclosure as prescribed by law.

2. In addition to the information specified in Clause 1 of this Article, based on practical conditions and capacity, agencies and units shall proactively disclose other information they create or hold in order to protect public interests and community well-being.

Article 18. Forms and time of disclosure of information

1. Forms of disclosure of information include:

a/ Posting on portals, websites, data portals, content channels and official social media fanpages of agencies and units;

b/ Publishing in the mass media;

c/ Publishing on Cong bao (Official Gazette), posting up;

d/ Through citizen receptions, press conferences, press releases and activities of spokespersons;

dd/ Other forms convenient for citizens as determined by agencies and units in charge of disclosure of information.

2. In case forms of disclosure of specific information are prescribed by law, such forms shall be used.

In case no specific form of disclosure of information is prescribed by law, based on practical conditions and capacity, agencies and units may select one or more than one of the forms of disclosure specified in Clause 1 of this Article to ensure citizens’ access to information.

3. For persons with disabilities, ethnic minority persons, or residents in border, island, mountainous and ethnic minority areas or areas with difficult or extremely difficult socio-economic conditions, in addition to the forms specified in Clause 1 of this Article, agencies and units shall determine forms of disclosure of information suitable to these citizens’ capacity and conditions for access to information.

4. The time of disclosure of information on each field must comply with relevant laws. In case the time of disclosure of information is not prescribed by law, competent agencies and units shall disclose information within 5 working days after creating it.

Article 19. Disclosure information on portals, websites, data portals, content channels and official social media fanpages

1. Agencies and units shall disclose on their portals or websites the information specified in Clause 1, Article 17 of this Law, and other information as specified by law.

Based on practical conditions, agencies and units shall disclose information they create or hold on data portals, content channels and official social media pages.

2. In case an agency or unit does not have a portal, website or data portal, it shall post the information specified in Clause 1 of this Article via content channels, official social media pages or by other appropriate means.

Article 20. Disclosure of information in the mass media

1. Agencies and units shall fully, accurately and timely provide mass media agencies with information subject to disclosure in the mass media as prescribed by law.

2. The publication and broadcasting of information in the press must comply with the press law.

Article 21. Publication on Cong bao, posting up

1. The disclosure of information in the form of publication on Cong bao or posting up must comply with law.

2. For information which is to be disclosed in the form of posting up but the place and duration for posting up have not yet been specified by law, the information shall be posted up at the working offices of the concerned agencies or units or community venues for at least 30 days.

Article 22. Handling of cases in which disclosed information is inaccurate

1. In case an agency or unit detects that the information it has created and disclosed is inaccurate, it shall promptly correct such information and disclose the corrected information.

2. In case the disclosing agency or unit detects that the information, which is created by another agency or unit, is incorrect, it shall promptly correct such information and disclose the corrected information.

3. In case an agency or unit detects that the information it has created is inaccurately disclosed by another agency or unit, it shall request the disclosing agency to promptly correct such information and disclose the corrected information.

4. In case a citizen deems that the disclosed information is inaccurate, he/she shall lodge a petition with the agency or unit having disclosed such information. Within 10 days after receiving the petition, the agency or unit shall verify the accuracy of the information and reply the citizen. If ascertaining that the disclosed information is inaccurate, the agency or unit shall promptly correct it and disclose the corrected information.

5. Inaccurate information shall be corrected in the form in which it has been disclosed. The corrected information shall also be posted on the data portal, portal, website, content channel and official social media fanpage of the agency or unit that has disclosed the inaccurate information.

Section 3

PROVISION OF INFORMATION UPON REQUEST

Article 23. Information to be provided upon request

Information to be provided upon request includes:

1. Information subject to disclosure specified in Clause 1, Article 17 of this Law which falls into one of the following cases:

a/ Information which has not been disclosed yet within the time limit for disclosure;

b/ Information of which the law-prescribed time limit for disclosure has expired;

c/ Information which has been disclosed but cannot be accessed by the requester due to a force majeure event.

2. Information relating to privacy, personal secrets, personal data, family secrets or business secrets, which is eligible for disclosure as specified in Article 16 of this Law.

3. Information relating to the life, daily activities, production or business of the requester other than the information specified in Article 17 of this Law and Clause 2 of this Article.

4. In addition to the types of information specified in Clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this Article, on the basis of its tasks, powers, practical conditions and capacity, an agency or a unit may provide other information it creates or holds in order to protect public interests and community well-being.

Article 24. Forms of request for information

1. A requester may directly, or via a representative, request the provision of information in one of the following forms:

a/ In person at agencies or units;

b/ By post;

c/ Via the Internet, including via emails, portals, websites, data portals, the National Public Service Portal, mobile apps or other digital platforms announced by competent agencies or units.

2. A requester who requests information at the head office of an agency or a unit may use a mobile phone and other personal technical devices to duplicate, photocopy or download documents, dossiers and materials, unless otherwise provided by relevant laws.

3. The requested agency or unit shall provide information in the form requested by the requester, as appropriate to the nature of the requested information and the conditions and capacity of the agency or unit, unless otherwise provided by law.

4. To encourage the provision of information in the form specified in Point c, Clause 1 of this Article.

Article 25. Expenses for information access

1. Citizens shall be provided with information without having to pay charges or fees, unless otherwise provided by relevant laws.

2. Information requesters shall pay the actual expenses for printing, duplicating, photocopying or sending information.

Persons requesting information as specified in Points a and c, Clause 1, Article 23 of this Law shall not be required to pay such costs.

The Minister of Finance shall detail this Clause.

Article 26. Order and procedures for provision of information upon request

1. Requesters shall submit a request for information under regulations. Requests for information specified in Clauses 1 and 2, Article 16 of this Law, shall be enclosed with a written consent of related individuals or organisations.

2. Agencies and units shall receive requests and guide citizens to make requests for information; explain and assist persons encountering difficulties in accessing information; and provide information or issue replies clearly stating the reason for refusing requests for provision of information in the cases specified in Article 27 of this Law.

3. Depending on the specific circumstances, within 12 days after receiving a valid request for information, agencies and units shall provide information to citizens. In case additional time is required to review, search for, separate, compile, make duplications or process requests for information, the time limit may be extended by no more than 12 days, and a written notice of extension within the prescribed time limit for providing information shall be issued.

4. The Government shall provide the order and procedures for provision of information upon request and forms to be used in the provision of information upon request.

Article 27. Refusal of requests for provision of information

Agencies and units may refuse to provide information in the following cases:

1. Information specified in Article 15 of this Law; information failing to meet the conditions specified in Article 16 of this Law;

2. Information subject to disclosure as specified in Article 17 of this Law, except the cases specified in Clause 1, Article 23 of this Law;

3. Information requested for provision not under their charge;

4. Information already provided to the requester twice, unless the requester has a plausible reason;

5. Information requested for provision falling beyond their capacity or affecting their normal operation;

6. The information requester failing to pay the actual expenses for printing, duplicating, photocopying or sending information as specified in Article 25 of this Law.

Article 28. Handling of cases in which information provided upon request is inaccurate or incomplete

1. Within 5 working days after detecting that the information it has provided is inaccurate or incomplete, an agency or a unit shall correct, provide the corrected information or provide additional information.

2. If deeming that the provided information is inaccurate or incomplete, a requester may request the information provider to provide the accurate information or provide additional information.

Within 10 days after receiving a request, the agency or unit having provided the information shall verify the accuracy and completeness of such information and reply the requester. If the provided information is inaccurate or incomplete, it shall provide the accurate information or provide additional information.

Chapter IV

IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS

Article 29. Provisions on application

1. Foreigners residing in Vietnam have the right to request the provision of information directly relating to their rights and obligations.

The provision of information to foreigners residing in Vietnam must comply with Section 3, Chapter III of this Law.

2. In case many citizens working for an organisation or enterprise or being a member of a mass organisation request the provision of the same information, they may request the provision of such information via the organisation, enterprise or mass organisation.

The Government shall detail this Clause.

Article 30. Effect

1. This Law takes effect on September 1, 2026.

2. Law No. 104/2016/QH13 on Access to Information, ceases to be effective on the effective date of this Law, except Clause 4, Article 31 of this Law.

Article 31. Transitional provisions

1. The provision of information created or held by an agency or a unit before the apparatus restructuring shall be carried out by the agency or unit taking over the functions, tasks and powers of such agency or unit in accordance with this Law.

2. The provision of information created or held before the effective date of this Law by public non-business units in charge of providing basic and essential public non-business services must continue to comply with relevant laws.

3. Information specified in Clause 1, Article 17 of this Law that is created or held by state agencies before the effective date of this Law but not subject to disclosure under Law No. 104/2016/QH13 on Access to Information and other relevant laws, shall be disclosed in accordance with this Law within 6 months from the effective date of this Law.

4. Requests for information that are submitted to state agencies before the effective date of this Law but have yet to be processed shall continue to be processed in accordance with Law No. 104/2016/QH13 on Access to Information.

This Law was passed on April 23, 2026, by the 16^th National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at its first session.-

Chairman of the National Assembly
TRAN THANH MAN