This Week in Asian Law

February 13-19


China

Hong Kong

Japan

Koreas

Taiwan

Vietnam

  • Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade released a draft decree on January 4 that would amend and supplement the existing rules governing e-commerce platforms. Baker McKenzie has analyzed the draft decree here.

  • Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security recently released for public consultation a long-awaited draft Decree on Personal Data Protection. (in Vietnamese)  The draft proposes regulation of specific rights of data subjects and touches upon issues including cross-border transfer of data and processing of sensitive personal data. The draft is analyzed here and here.