Legal Advisory · IT & Data Privacy

Technology law and personal data protection, advised by counsel who held the in-house seat

Vietnam's Personal Data Protection Law (91/2025/QH15) took effect on 01.01.2026, with penalties reaching 5% of prior-year revenue for cross-border transfer violations. We turn the legal text into policies, dossiers and contracts your teams can actually operate.

01.01.2026
PDPL 91/2025/QH15 in force
5%
of prior-year revenue — maximum penalty, cross-border violations
2
mandatory dossiers: processing DPIA & cross-border transfer (Decree 13/2023, Art. 24–25)
70M+
platform users our counsel has advised in-house

What we deliver

Five service components, sequenced from current-state review to regulator engagement. Each engagement is scoped and delivered by the counsel named on our team page.

D1 · ASSESS

Compliance Gap Review

Data-flow inventory, legal bases for processing, and consent state across systems, mapped against PDPL 91/2025 and Decree 13/2023.

  • Data inventory & RoPA
  • Legal-basis mapping
  • Prioritized remediation plan
D2 · FILE

Impact-Assessment Dossiers

Preparation and submission of the processing impact-assessment dossier and the cross-border transfer dossier, plus updates when processing changes.

  • DPIA dossier (Art. 24)
  • Cross-border dossier (Art. 25)
  • Change management & refiling
D3 · GOVERN

Policies & Contracts

Privacy policies, data-subject rights procedures, and data-protection terms for partner, vendor and processor contracts.

  • Privacy notice & consent UX
  • DSR handling procedure
  • DPA templates & negotiation
D4 · TRAIN

Training & Breach Readiness

Awareness training for business and operations teams, and breach-response playbooks aligned to statutory notification deadlines.

  • Role-based training
  • Breach notification playbook
  • Tabletop exercises
D5 · REPRESENT

Regulator Liaison

Technical and legal point of contact with Vietnam's data protection authority (A05, Ministry of Public Security) through dossier appraisal, inspections and inquiries.

  • Dossier appraisal support
  • Inspection response
  • Ongoing counsel retainer
+ · IT LAW

Technology & Platform Law

Adjacent advisory for digital platforms and e-commerce: cybersecurity obligations, data localization, electronic transactions and intermediary liability.

  • Law on Data 60/2024/QH15
  • Cybersecurity Law 24/2018 & Decree 53/2022
  • E-commerce & e-transaction rules
PDPL 91/2025/QH15 Decree 13/2023/NĐ-CP Law on Data 60/2024/QH15 Cybersecurity Law 24/2018 Decree 53/2022/NĐ-CP

Practice lead

Dola Pham
Dola Pham — Lawyer, Data Privacy & Protection

Licensed lawyer (HCMC Bar, 2014), nearly 20 years of practice; 12 years at VNG Corporation as Head of Legal for Zalo Group (70M+ users), leading personal data protection for the entire group. Full profile →

Start with the gap review

A two-week compliance gap review gives you the dossier list, the remediation plan and the budget picture before any commitment to a full program.

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