Hanoi, Nov. 4 -- The 16th National Assembly, continuing its second session, put the draft Law on Data Security under plenary scrutiny in Hanoi on November 4 morning.

The bill sets rules and safeguards for data security, define rights and duties, and assign state management. It will cover Vietnamese and foreign entities in Vietnam, and foreign ones outside Vietnam that process data under Vietnamese jurisdiction or breach Vietnam's data security.

It creates five risk tiers. Data controllers will self-classify, apply matching safeguards and bear responsibility for the outcome under a mainly ex-post supervision model. Controllers at Level 3 and above will have to assess impacts and conduct periodic security audits, while Level 4 and Level 5...