Vietnam

National jurisdiction · as of 2026-09-06

Vietnam has no adult-content age-verification statute, no social-media minor-access statute, and no app-store-level device-based age-verification requirement established in the primary text reached here.

The Law on Children (Law No. 102/2016/QH13), in force since 1 June 2017, defines a child as a person below the age of sixteen and, at Article 54, places a general duty on any agency, organization, or individual that manages or provides information and communications products and services in the Internet environment to apply measures ensuring safety and privacy for children, with the Government left to detail the specific measures required.

The Law's own text sets no age-verification mechanism, no numeric threshold for a covered service, and no specific technical or design requirement; those specifics, if any, sit in Government regulations that are not described here.

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Instruments on record

Law on Children, responsibility to protect children in the internet environment

In force

Law No. 102/2016/QH13, Article 54

Effective 2017-06-01 · Applies to both

Article 54 requires an agency, organization, or individual that manages or provides information and communications products and services, or organizes activities, in the Internet environment to apply measures ensuring safety and privacy for children, defined by Article 1 as a person below the age of sixteen; clause 3 leaves the Government to detail the article's specific requirements, which are not independently confirmed here.

Article 87 assigns the Ministry of Information and Communications responsibility to manage and guide regulations on the press, publication, telecommunications, Internet, and other information channels involving children, and to protect children in the environment of the Internet, computer networks, and telecommunication networks.

Article 105 provides that a violator of the Law is disciplined, administratively sanctioned, or examined for penal liability depending on the nature and severity of the violation.

Age threshold16
Enforcement bodyThe Ministry of Information and Communications, which manages and guides regulations on the press, publication, telecommunications, Internet, radio, television and other information channels involving children, and coordinates state management of children's rights in the Internet environment with the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and other agencies.

Source: Full text of law