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Vietnam issues Decree 142 setting AI risk notification, labelling and incident rules

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Vietnam’s government issued Decree 142/2026/ND-CP on 30 April 2026, effective 1 May 2026, to implement the AI Law. Providers must classify systems before deployment and notify medium- and high-risk systems to the Ministry of Science and Technology through a national AI portal, mark AI-generated audio, images and video, and report serious incidents within 72 hours or five working days with a follow-up within 15 days. It also sets out a sandbox.

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AI providers and deployers in Vietnam must now notify medium- and high-risk systems, label AI-generated media and report serious incidents within fixed deadlines.

When
30 Apr 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0118
Where
Vietnam
Who
Government of Vietnam, Ministry of Science and Technology (Vietnam)
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Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Tilleke & Gibbins and the reporting credited above. We could not open the primary document, so it is marked Reported. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Source copy: download the page text as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2026-0118: “Vietnam issues Decree 142 setting AI risk notification, labelling and incident rules.” wheresthe.ai, 30 Apr 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/vn-decree-142-ai-law-implementation-2026-04/ (source: Tilleke & Gibbins: Vietnam takes major step in AI governance with new guiding decree).

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