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Vietnam legal and regulatory developments

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Vietnam is addressing various legal and regulatory issues involving continues to address digital conduct, criminal activity, and administrative enforcement. enforcement, and various criminal activities. In Gia Lai, authorities introduced a the Code of Conduct for the Digital Environment has been introduced to combat fake news, online fraud, and privacy violations. Concurrently, Officials emphasized that users must verify information as digital transformation impacts social life. Meanwhile, the National Assembly has debated is debating amendments to the Law on Handling Administrative Violations. Proposed coercive measures include suspending exit permits or disconnecting electricity, water, and internet services. Some delegates have Delegate Nguyen Thi Viet Nga has cautioned that cutting essential services such actions could unfairly impact third parties, such as tenants in shared buildings. Recent legal buildings, and urged for strict regulations to protect non-violating parties. Criminal and corruption proceedings have also highlight criminal cases including online defamation, murder, and property damage. expanded. In Gia Lai, a prosecution significant environmental fraud case, 28 individuals have been prosecuted for falsifying monitoring data across 10 laboratories belonging to four ministries. The suspects allegedly manipulated results to change ‘Not Pass’ statuses to ‘Pass’ through bribery. Other recent legal actions include: • A former Pleiku official received four years in prison for accepting nearly 70 million VND in bribes related to construction permits. • The wife of a former director at the National Institute of Forensic Psychiatry is being questioned regarding 200 million VND in bribes to influence medical decisions. • A former police officer was initiated sentenced to 12 years for online harassment against a writer. 3.5 billion VND scheme involving counterfeit infant formula. • In Dak Lak, a 10-year prison sentence was handed down man received 10 years for murder and illegal use of military weapons. Additionally, the Ministry of Public Security is investigating 28 individuals murdering his brother-in-law. • In Hanoi, a woman received a 6-month suspended sentence for allegedly falsifying environmental monitoring data and manipulating analysis results to issue fraudulent reports. damaging a Mercedes-Benz vehicle.

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  1. 2026-09-30 05:22 UTC Vietnam legal and regulatory developments
  2. 2026-09-30 02:06 UTC Vietnam legal and regulatory developments

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