The Nationwide Meeting of Vietnam authorized the Legislation on Digital Know-how Business on June 14, bringing digital belongings beneath regulatory oversight.
The laws, set to take impact on Jan. 1, 2026, acknowledges crypto belongings and lays the groundwork for broader digital innovation throughout the nation, in line with experiences from native media retailers.
The legislation classifies digital belongings into two classes, together with digital belongings and crypto belongings. Whereas each depend on encryption or digital applied sciences for validation and switch, neither consists of securities, digital fiat currencies, or different monetary devices.
The federal government is now tasked with outlining particular enterprise circumstances, classifications, and oversight mechanisms for these asset varieties.
The legislation additionally mandates cybersecurity and Anti-Cash Laundering safeguards aligned with worldwide norms, an effort probably aimed toward addressing the Monetary Motion Job Power’s (FATF) issues. Vietnam has been on the FATF “grey checklist” since 2023.
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Vietnam eyes international tech position
Past crypto, the laws alerts Vietnam’s ambition to grow to be a digital tech hub.
It introduces sweeping incentives for enterprises working in AI, semiconductors, and digital infrastructure. These embrace tax breaks, land-use advantages, and R&D assist, significantly for companies constructing core applied sciences like chip design and AI information facilities.
Regional governments are directed to assist workforce improvement by subsidies and coaching packages, whereas schooling insurance policies will combine digital tech abilities into nationwide curricula.
“With this transfer, Viet Nam has grow to be the primary nation on the planet to enact a standalone legislation particularly devoted to digital know-how business,” the Vietnamese authorities stated.
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Vietnamese police bust pretend crypto mining platform
In Feb. 2025, Vietnamese police arrested 4 people behind a pretend crypto mining platform, BitMiner, which posed as a Dubai-based operation. The rip-off tricked over 200 victims out of greater than 4 billion Vietnamese dong ($157,300) by promoting bogus mining packages and schooling supplies.
In one other main incident in Dec. 2024, the Hanoi Metropolis Police Division in Vietnam prevented 300 potential victims from investing in an elaborate crypto rip-off that had already defrauded 30 billion Vietnamese dong ($1.17 million) from about 100 companies and 400 people.
Dubbed Million Smiles, the corporate promoted an in-house cryptocurrency, QFS, or Quantum Monetary System, utilizing misleading promoting that linked it to ancestral treasures and non secular claims.
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