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Vietnam

18%DSA alignment

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.

In forceDecree 147/2024 on Internet Services and Online Information (2024)ยท MIC (ABEI)
In forceLaw on Cybersecurity (2018)ยท Ministry of Public Security
In forcePersonal Data Protection Law (91/2025/QH15) (2025)ยท Ministry of Public Security

Scored against the DSA

Each obligation the DSA imposes on very large platforms, and whether Vietnamโ€™s law requires the same. Cells cover DSA-style, user-protective transparency and accountability only.

  • Required by law
  • Partial / emerging
  • No such obligation
  • Undetermined

Transparency

  • No such obligation

    Public ad libraryDSA Art. 39

    No ad-library mandate.

  • No such obligation

    Transparency reportsDSA Art. 15 / 24 / 42

    Decree 147 annual reports go to MIC and are government-facing, not public transparency reports.

  • No such obligation

    Researcher data accessDSA Art. 40

    Data flows to authorities, not vetted researchers.

  • No such obligation

    Reach disclosureDSA Art. 24(2)

    Threshold notification to authorities (100,000+ visits/month) is a licensing trigger, not public periodic reach disclosure.

Accountability

  • No such obligation

    Systemic risk assessmentDSA Art. 34โ€“35

    No systemic or child-safety risk-assessment mandate.

  • No such obligation

    Independent auditDSA Art. 37

    No external compliance-audit mandate.

  • No such obligation

    Algorithmic transparencyDSA Art. 27 / 38

    No recommender-transparency or non-profiling-feed option.

  • Required

    Regulator + penaltiesDSA Art. 49โ€“52, 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 such obligation

    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.

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  • Child-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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