# Law on Artificial Intelligence (Law No. 134/2025/QH15)

- **Jurisdiction:** Vietnam (VN)
- **Type:** Law · **Status:** In force · **Binding:** yes
- **Issued by:** National Assembly of Vietnam; Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)
- **Proposed:** — · **Adopted:** 10 Dec 2025 · **Effective:** 1 Mar 2026
- **Next milestone:** 1 Mar 2027: Existing AI systems (other sectors) must comply; finance, health and education systems by 1 Sep 2027
- **Obligations:** Risk classification, Prohibited uses, Transparency to users, Labelling AI content, Incident reporting, Registration or filing, Regulatory sandbox, Penalties
- **Sectors:** All sectors
- **Penalties:** Penalty amounts delegated to Government decrees; compensation liability for damage caused by high-risk AI.

## Summary
Comprehensive risk-based AI law classifying systems as high, medium or low risk, with conformity assessment and registration for high-risk systems, disclosure when users interact with AI, labelling of AI-generated audio/images/video that could mislead, incident reporting via a national AI portal, and prohibited practices. Foreign providers of high-risk systems need a local presence or representative.

## Why it matters
Vietnam is one of the first Asian jurisdictions with an EU-style horizontal AI law; existing systems have 12–18 months from 1 Mar 2026 to comply.

## Source
[Đại biểu Nhân dân (National Assembly newspaper)](https://daibieunhandan.vn/quoc-hoi-thong-qua-luat-tri-tue-nhan-tao-10399959.html) · [secondary](https://thuvienphapluat.vn/van-ban/EN/Cong-nghe-thong-tin/Law-134-2025-QH15-Artificial-Intelligence/689735/tieng-anh.aspx)
Checked against the source on 4 Oct 2026.

## Cite
Law on Artificial Intelligence (Law No. 134/2025/QH15). National Assembly of Vietnam; Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). Status: In force. wheresthe.ai, https://wheresthe.ai/rule/vn-law-on-artificial-intelligence-2025/ (verified 4 Oct 2026).

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