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The Law on Digital Transformation stipulates that at least 1% of the annual state budget is devoted to digital transformation, demonstrating the States strong political commitment to promoting national digital transformation in the coming period. Download For the first time, Vietnam has a law that clearly regulates the core concepts of digital transformation - Illustration At the 10th Session of the 15th National Assembly, the National Assembly passed the Law on Digital Transformation, the first specialized law to comprehensively regulate digital transformation activities in Vietnam. The law takes effect from July 1, 2026. Completing the legal corridor towards a digital nation. Representative of the National Department of Digital Transformation (Ministry of Science and Technology) said that in recent times, the digital transformation process in our country has achieved many important results and is regulated by a number of specialized laws such as the Electronic Transactions Law, Data Law, Digital Technology Industry Law... However, these regulations are still scattered and have not formed a legal framework. unified and systematic to shape the overall viewpoint and orientation of building a digital nation. Therefore, the first goal of the Law on Digital Transformation is to perfect the legal system on digital transformation, promote synchronous and comprehensive digital transformation and aim to form a digital nation. In addition, the Law also aims to regulate the relationships between participating entities in the digital space - a new space that is increasingly expanding - and strengthen international cooperation and integration in the field of digital transformation. The Law on Digital Transformation is built from the perspective of being a framework law. Reality shows that the current legal system has many related laws such as the Law on Information Technology, the Law on Cyber Information Security, the Law on Cyber Security, the Law on Digital Technology Industry, the Law on Electronic Transactions... However, if approached from the perspective of a digital nation, these regulations are just individual pieces of the puzzle, lacking connection to form an overall picture. The Law on Digital Transformation was created to connect existing specialized regulations, while adding missing components. such as digital government, digital economy, digital society, digital transformation infrastructure and establishing a coordination mechanism at the national level to resolve issues beyond the scope of regulation of each specialized law. As a framework law, the Law on Digital Transformation does not go into depth re-regulating the contents that have been adjusted in specialized laws. The Law on Digital Transformation includes 8 chapters, 48 articles, stipulating principles and policies on digital transformation; national coordination mechanism; measures to ensure digital transformation; developing digital government, digital economy, digital society; along with the responsibilities of agencies, organizations and individuals in digital transformation activities. The Law also clearly defines the principle: contents in specialized fields such as data, electronic transactions, network security, telecommunications... continue to comply with specialized laws, but must ensure consistency with the principles and requirements of the Law on Digital Transformation, thereby affirming the coordinating role of this law. The Laws applicable subjects are direct domestic and foreign agencies, organizations and individuals. participating in or related to digital transformation activities in Vietnam. Six groups of key issues The Law on Digital Transformation focuses on handling 6 major groups of issues, which have fundamental significance for the national digital transformation process. First, the Law establishes a unified legal corridor to form a digital nation, on the basis of connecting the current specialized legal system and supplementing missing components, thereby completing the structure of a digital nation. Second, the Law builds a legal mechanism for government digital government, digital economy and digital society. In recent times, these contents have been strongly implemented according to policies and directions, but there is not yet a complete and standard legal corridor; The Law on Digital Transformation has overcome this gap. Third, the Law establishes a national governance structure for digital transformation, ensuring unified and effective coordination between components of the digital nation such as digital government, digital economy and digital society nationwide. Fourth, along with establishing the mechanism, the Law legislates resources for digital transformation, emphasizing two key resources: digital human resources and financial resources. In particular, the Law stipulates a minimum of 1% of the annual state budget for digital transformation, demonstrating the States strong political commitment in the coming period. Fifth, the Law stipulates a mechanism for periodic evaluation and publicization of digital transformation results, and establishes the responsibility to report to the National Assembly annually on the situation and results of digital transformation implementation, thereby improving transparency and accountability. Sixth, the Law inherits the appropriate provisions of the Law on Information Technology, ensuring ensuring the continuity of the legal system when the Law on Information Technology expires at the same time the Law on Digital Transformation takes effect, without creating a legal vacuum. For the first time, the concept of digital transformation is legalized. In addition, the Law on Digital Transformation also has many outstanding new points, stemming from the first time Vietnam promulgated a specialized law on digital transformation. Firstly, the Law on unifying the systemThe concept of digital transformation, for the first time, provides full, comprehensive and legall
