Foreign residents in Vietnam would be granted electronic identification accounts under the Government’s draft decree on electronic identification and authentication, part of efforts to strengthen digital governance and administrative reform.
The 2022 Law on Insurance Business has contributed to promoting market development, but over time, there have been shortcomings that need to be amended to simplify administrative procedures, remove difficulties and create conditions for business development.
The newly-issued Government Decree specifying the management, payment and account-finalization of projects funded by public investment capital is expected to prevent capital loss and speed up the capital disbursement.
Decree 255/2025/ND-CP aims to institutionalize the Party’s guidelines and policies and the State’s laws regarding ethnic minority affairs in order to further improve the ethnic policy system and prioritize the provision of support for poor ethnic households and ethnic groups facing the harshest conditions as specified in National Assembly Resolution 120/2020/QH14.
This is provided in Decree No. 261/2025/NĐ-CP amending Decree No. 100/2024/NĐ-CP, which was promulgated and takes effect on October 10, 2025.
As of October 10, 2025, Circular No. 34/2025/TT-NHNN officially takes effect, superseding all previous regulations governing the management of gold trading activities.
Vietnam will set up a State-run online property and land-use rights trading center in a move to curb speculation and manipulation, with a two-year pilot program scheduled to begin in 2026.
Organizations and individuals operating in the finance and banking sectors and providing credit information services would take responsibility for protecting personal data in conformity with international standards and domestic regulations on personal data protection and cybersecurity.
A draft circular revising Joint Circular 10/2018/TTLT-BTP-BCA-BQP-BTC-TANDTC-VKSNDTC has been released, aiming to improve procedures for early access to legal aid services while ensuring transparency and protection of the lawful rights and interests of people in proceedings.
In case of emergency where quick response to disasters, epidemics, and security or national defense threats is required, individuals and entities exploiting minerals may be exempt from licensing-related procedures but will have to report on volume and types of minerals and mining locations to provincial-level People’s Committees after the work is done, according to newly enacted Government Resolution.
Under a Government program, the private sector is expected to invest in new, modern, large-scale data centers meeting international and green standards, with a designed capacity accounting for at least 50 percent of the total national capacity serving the public.
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