Key Laws Effective from July 1, 2025 in Vietnam

July 1, 2025, marks an important milestone in the Vietnamese legal system when a series of new laws will officially take effect. This event not only marks a step forward in the process of perfecting the legal system but also brings about significant changes that will deeply affect all aspects of economic and social life, from the rights and obligations of citizens to business activities and state management. The following article by Viet An Law outlines key laws effective from July 1, 2025 in Vietnam, so you can grasp the new legal policies.

Summary of Laws effective from July 1, 2025

Below is a summary of the Laws that will take effect from July 1, 2025, specifically:

Summary of Laws effective from July 1, 2025

New law issued from July 1, 2025

• Law on Value Added Tax 2024
  • The Law on Value Added Tax 2024 has 04 Chapters and 18 Articles.
  • The Law stipulates taxable and non-taxable subjects, taxpayers, basis and method of tax calculation, deduction and refund of value added tax.
• Trade Union Law 2024
  • The Trade Union Law 2024 has 06 Chapters and 37 Articles.
  • The Law stipulates the functions, tasks, rights and responsibilities of the Vietnam Trade Union; the rights of workers to establish, join and operate trade unions; the joining of Vietnam Trade Unions by workers’ organizations at enterprises; the rights and responsibilities of trade union members; the responsibilities of the State, agencies, organizations, units, enterprises and employers towards trade unions; ensuring the operation of trade unions; resolving disputes and handling violations of the law on trade unions.
• Notary Law 2024
  • The Notary Law 2024 has 08 Chapters and 76 Articles.
  • The Law regulates notaries, notary practice organizations, notary practice, notary procedures, and state management of notarization.
• Archives Law 2024
  • The 2024 Law on Archives has 08 Chapters and 65 Articles.
  • The Law regulates the management of archival documents and archival databases; archival operations; archival documents of special value and promoting the value of archival documents; private archives; archival service activities; and state management of archives.
• Law on Fire Prevention, Fire Fighting and Rescue 2024
  • The Law on Fire Prevention, Fire Fighting and Rescue 2024 has 08 Chapters and 55 Articles.
  • The Law stipulates fire prevention, fire fighting, rescue, and salvage; forces, means, ensuring operating conditions and rights, obligations, and responsibilities of relevant agencies, organizations, households, and individuals in fire prevention, fire fighting, rescue, and salvage activities.
• Law on Geology and Minerals 2024
  • The Law on Geology and Minerals 2024 has 12 Chapters and 111 Articles.
  • This Law regulates basic geological surveys, geological surveys of minerals; protection of geological resources, unexploited minerals; mineral activities; mineral recovery; mineral processing; finance on geology, minerals and auction of mineral exploitation rights; state management of geology and minerals within the mainland, islands, internal waters, territorial waters, contiguous zones, exclusive economic zones and continental shelf of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
• Law on People’s Air Defense 2024
  • The 2024 Law on People’s Air Defense has 07 Chapters and 47 Articles.
  • The Law stipulates the principles, tasks, forces, and activities of people’s air defense; management of unmanned aircraft and other flying vehicles and ensuring air defense safety; resources, regimes, policies, rights, obligations, and responsibilities of agencies, organizations, enterprises, and individuals regarding people’s air defense.
• Law on Cultural Heritage 2024
  • The Law on Cultural Heritage 2024 has 09 Chapters and 95 Articles.
  • The Law stipulates cultural heritage, activities of management, protection, and promotion of cultural heritage values; rights, obligations, and responsibilities of agencies, organizations, communities, and individuals in activities of management, protection, and promotion of cultural heritage values of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
• Law on Prevention and Combat of Human Trafficking 2024
  • The Law on Prevention and Combat of Human Trafficking 2024 has 8 Chapters and 63 Articles.
  • This Law regulates the prevention, detection and handling of human trafficking and other violations of the law on prevention and combat of human trafficking; reception, verification, identification, support and protection of victims and persons in the process of being identified as victims; state management and responsibilities of agencies, organizations, families and individuals in the prevention and combat of human trafficking; and international cooperation in the prevention and combat of human trafficking.
• Law on Urban and Rural Planning 2024
  • The Law on Urban and Rural Planning 2024 has 05 Chapters and 59 Articles.
  • The Law regulates the urban and rural planning system; establishment, appraisal, approval, review, adjustment, organization, and management of urban and rural planning; state management of urban and rural planning.
• Law on Data 2024
  • The Data Law 2024 has 5 Chapters and 46 Articles.
  • This Law regulates digital data; construction, development, protection, administration, processing, and use of digital data; National Data Center; National General Database; digital data products and services; state management of digital data; rights, obligations, and responsibilities of agencies, organizations, and individuals related to digital data activities.
• Law on Defense Industry, Security and Industrial Mobilization 2024
  • The Law on National Defense Industry, Security and Industrial Mobilization 2024 has 07 Chapters and 86 Articles.
  • The Law stipulates the position, tasks, principles, organization, operation, resources, regimes, policies, responsibilities of agencies, organizations, and individuals regarding the defense industry, security, and industrial mobilization.

The Law is amended and supplemented as of July 1, 2025.

• Law No. 51/2024/QH15 amending and supplementing several articles of the Law on Health Insurance
  • Law No. 51/2024/QH15 amending and supplementing several articles of the Law on Health Insurance has 03 Articles.
  • Some notable new points of the Law on Health Insurance: Amendments and expansion of health insurance participants; home medical examination and treatment are still covered by health insurance; changes in health insurance eligibility conditions for 5 consecutive years; being able to go beyond the line of specialized medical examination and treatment if suffering from rare or serious diseases; being able to receive medical examination and treatment regardless of administrative boundaries…
• Law 44/2024/QH15 amending and supplementing several articles of the Law on Pharmacy
  • Law 44/2024/QH15 amending and supplementing several articles of the Law on Pharmacy has 03 Articles.
  • Some new points of the Pharmacy Law: Prioritizing administrative procedures when granting circulation registration certificates and import licenses in the pharmaceutical industry; incentives and investment support in the development of the pharmaceutical industry; regulations on pharmacy chain business methods and e-commerce drug business methods to create a legal corridor for new business forms and methods; expanding the rights and responsibilities of drug and pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing establishments; regulations on authority, records, procedures, time limits for granting, extending, changing and supplementing circulation registration certificates for drugs and pharmaceutical ingredients, contributing to reforming administrative procedures; regulations on drug price management measures….

What does the National Assembly enact laws to regulate?

According to Article 10 of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents 2025, the National Assembly promulgates laws to regulate the following issues:

Content of the law promulgated by the National Assembly according to the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents 2025

• Organization and operation of the National Assembly, President, Government, People’s Court, People’s Procuracy, National Election Council, State Audit, local authorities, special administrative-economic units, and other agencies established by the National Assembly;
• Human rights, basic rights and obligations of citizens, which according to the Constitution must be prescribed by law; restrictions on human rights, citizens’ rights; crimes and punishments; judicial proceedings;
• Basic policies on economy, society, culture, education, science, technology, environment, finance, national currency, state budget; regulations on taxes, medals, badges, and state honorary titles;
• Basic policies on national defense and security; ranks and ranks in the people’s armed forces; regulations on states of emergency and other special measures to ensure national defense and security;
• Basic foreign policy; diplomatic ranks and titles; other state ranks and titles;
• State ethnic and religious policies;
• Referendum;
• Constitutional protection mechanism;
• Other matters under the authority of the National Assembly as prescribed by the Constitution and laws.

Above are the key laws effective from July 1, 2025 in Vietnam that Viet An Law provides to you. If you have any questions, please contact us for support.