Hanoi, July 1 -- Vietnam's 2025 Law on Cybersecurity, which took effect on July 1, establishes a comprehensive and unified legal framework for cybersecurity, supporting national development and digital transformation while reaffirming that safeguarding cyberspace must go hand in hand with protecting people and the lawful rights and interests of organisations and individuals.

Stronger legal framework for cybersecurity

The new law consolidates and updates relevant provisions of the 2018 Law on Cybersecurity and the 2015 Law on Cyberinformation Security, creating a more coherent legal foundation for cybersecurity governance.

It further strengthens regulations on protecting national sovereignty, jurisdiction and interests in cyberspace, re...