Updates
Professional updates
New Vietnamese legislation, changes in financier policies and LHC news, with official sources.
- Vietnamese law Personal data protection in socio-economic surveys and inventories of lossesThe Personal Data Protection Law and Decree 356/2025/ND-CP took effect on 1 January 2026; data on affected households must be collected, stored and disclosed with more care.
- Financier policies ADB's new Environmental and Social Framework applies from 2026The ESF replaces the 2009 Safeguard Policy Statement with ten standards and applies to projects with concept notes approved from 2026.