Nghị định 342/2026/NĐ-CP, signed 3 September 2026 and in force from 18 October, replaces the 2018 decree on goods trading by foreign investors — provincial People's Committees take over licensing, Bộ Công an and Bộ Quốc phòng must clear foreign-controlled large e-commerce platforms, and the economic needs test for retail outlets shrinks to investors whose countries have no FTA commitment to scrap it.

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Nghị định 331/2026/NĐ-CP, in force since 19 August 2026, rewrites Việt Nam's five-level classification of information systems under the new Luật An ninh mạng — a 100,000-data-subject line between Level 2 and Level 3, Bộ Công an taking over assessment of Levels 4 and 5, 24-hour incident notices, and a 1 January 2027 deadline to get existing systems classified.

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Nghị định 287/2026/NĐ-CP, effective 1 September 2026, replaces decade-old royalty decrees for film, arts, journalism and publishing — introducing a 20% minimum royalty for re-using press articles, profit-sharing on state-owned copyrights, and rules built for digital exploitation.

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Nghị định 341/2026/NĐ-CP, issued and effective on 1 September 2026, is the first civil-cryptography decree under the new Luật An ninh mạng — 10-year business licences decided in 12 days instead of 30, 3-year import/export permits, mandatory conformity certification, and a declaration duty for anyone using encryption products bought outside the licensed channel.

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Nghị định 320/2026/NĐ-CP, effective 28 September 2026, rewrites Việt Nam's electronic identification rules — banning agencies from re-requesting documents already on VNeID, adding a social welfare account for pensions, and requiring accounts in 11 sectors to link with VNeID by the end of 2026.

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Luật Tiếp cận thông tin số 01/2026/QH16 — the first law passed by the new 16th National Assembly — took effect on 1 September 2026, replacing the 2016 law with digital-first disclosure, duties for public hospitals and schools, and a 12-day deadline for answering information requests.

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From 1 September 2026, land parcels, buildings, and 71 categories of physical objects receive a permanent 12-digit location ID in a new national database run under the Bộ Công an — visible on VNeID, and designed to outlive the next round of address changes.

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Quyết định 33/2026/QĐ-TTg, in force since 15 August 2026, lists the 46 AI systems Việt Nam treats as high-risk — from surgical robots to autonomous credit approval — and starts the compliance countdown under the new Luật Trí tuệ nhân tạo.

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From 1 September 2026, the new sanctions decree for the crypto-asset pilot market takes effect — fines up to 200 million đồng for unlicensed exchanges, and 30–50 million đồng for investors who keep trading on unauthorised platforms.

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From 25 September 2026, data exchanges become a regulated industry — a National Data Exchange run by the Ministry of Public Security's data center, VNeID-verified trading accounts, and a hard ban on selling personal data.

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The Government's new sanctions decree, effective 19 August 2026, sets concrete fines for cybersecurity and personal data violations — up to 3 billion đồng, 5% of annual revenue for illegal cross-border transfers, and 10× the proceeds of data trading.

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Claude is more useful than most people realise — if you know where to run it and how to talk to it. A hands-on guide from daily use: apps, Claude Code, and the prompting habits that actually matter.

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Two implementing decrees under the new Luật An ninh mạng took effect on 19 August 2026 — bringing Vietnamese phone-number authentication for accounts, 24-hour takedown clocks, and 12-month log retention for platforms.

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Why every official Vietnamese document looks the same — and what the rules behind the Quốc hiệu, the numbering, and the Times New Roman actually say.

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