Asia
Vietnam
Vietnam's platform regime (Decree 147/2024 plus the Cybersecurity Law) is a content-control, real-name-verification, data-localization and takedown framework, not DSA-style transparency; it contains no public transparency, ad-repository, researcher-access or audit obligations, though it imposes real-name verification and parental-registration rules for minors.
Scored against the DSA
Each obligation the DSA imposes on very large platforms, and whether Vietnamโs law requires the same. Cells cover DSA-style, user-protective transparency and accountability only.
- Required by law
- Partial / emerging
- No such obligation
- Undetermined
Transparency
Public ad libraryDSA Art. 39
No ad-library mandate.
Transparency reportsDSA Art. 15 / 24 / 42
Decree 147 annual reports go to MIC and are government-facing, not public transparency reports.
Researcher data accessDSA Art. 40
Data flows to authorities, not vetted researchers.
Reach disclosureDSA Art. 24(2)
Threshold notification to authorities (100,000+ visits/month) is a licensing trigger, not public periodic reach disclosure.
Accountability
Systemic risk assessmentDSA Art. 34โ35
No systemic or child-safety risk-assessment mandate.
Independent auditDSA Art. 37
No external compliance-audit mandate.
Algorithmic transparencyDSA Art. 27 / 38
No recommender-transparency or non-profiling-feed option.
Regulator + penaltiesDSA Art. 49โ52, 74
MIC/ABEI can fine platforms for failing to remove violating content, and the 2025 PDPL allows fines up to 5% of revenue, but these enforce a content-control/data regime, not DSA-style transparency.
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Child protection
No profiling ads to minorsDSA Art. 26(3) / 28
No ban on profiling-based advertising to minors.
Age assuranceBeyond the DSA
Decree 147 requires under-16 accounts to be registered by a parent using verified ID plus universal phone/ID verification, but within a control regime.
Source โChild-safety duty of careDSA Art. 28
Decree 147 requires content classification/warnings for minors, parental registration for under-16 and gaming time limits, but not a DSA-style child systemic-risk assessment.
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