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Vietnam's National Assembly suggests major changes to draft data-protection law

By Hoa Dinh ( May 6, 2025, 00:58 GMT | Insight) -- Vietnam’s National Assembly, the country’s highest legislative body, has proposed substantive changes to the draft personal data protection law, addressing many concerns raised by industry stakeholders. These include "overly harsh" proposed administrative fines of up to 5 percent of annual revenue, the lack of recognition for legitimate interests as a legal basis for data processing and the strict 72-hour deadline to respond to the requests of data subjects. Vietnam’s National Assembly, the country’s highest legislative body, has proposed substantive changes to the draft personal data protection law, addressing many concerns raised by industry stakeholders. These include proposed administrative fines of up to 5 percent of annual revenue, the lack of recognition for legitimate interests as a legal basis for data processing and the strict 72-hour deadline to respond to the requests of data subjects....

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