VietnamNational Artificial Intelligence Ethics Framework (Circular No. 05/2026/TT-BKHCN)
In force since .
An AI governance rule binding public and private bodies.
- Criminal exposure
- No
As of .
What it requires
- Binds state management agencies and any organization or individual that develops, provides, deploys or uses an AI system serving state management or the provision of public services; other Vietnamese and foreign organizations and individuals working with AI in Vietnam are encouraged, not required, to apply it.
- Identify in advance the harmful scenarios an AI system could cause and build preventive measures against them.
- Set quality criteria for the AI system's data, model and outputs, and build internal testing, validation and verification mechanisms before deployment.
- Build human oversight and intervention mechanisms proportionate to the AI system's impact, and keep the ability to intervene in its decisions and actions.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
What this law does
Circular No. 05/2026/TT-BKHCN of the Ministry of Science and Technology issues the National Artificial Intelligence Ethics Framework, which applies to state management agencies and to any organization or individual that develops, provides, deploys or uses an AI system for state management or public services.
Under it those actors are responsible for identifying harmful scenarios in advance and building preventive measures, for setting quality criteria for data, models and outputs and building internal testing, validation and verification before deployment, and for building human oversight and intervention mechanisms proportionate to the system's impact. Other Vietnamese and foreign organizations and individuals working with AI in Vietnam are encouraged, not required, to apply it. The Circular took effect on .
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app makes high-risk automated decisions, deploys a chatbot, generates content with AI or trains models.