AsemconnectVietnam - Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Tuc signed Decision No. 776/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister promulgating the Plan for the Implementation of the Law on E-commerce.

The Law on E-commerce No. 122/2025/QH15 was passed by the 15th National Assembly at its 10th session on December 10, 2025, and will take effect from July 1, 2026 (hereinafter referred to as the Law).
In order to implement the Law promptly, uniformly, and effectively, the Prime Minister issued the Plan for the Implementation of the Law on E-commerce (the Plan) with the aim of specifically defining the content of work, deadlines, progress of completion, and responsibilities of relevant agencies and organizations in organizing the implementation of the Law, ensuring timeliness, synchronicity, uniformity, and effectiveness; Establish a coordination mechanism between Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and localities in organizing the implementation of the Law nationwide; enhance awareness and responsibility of state management agencies, organizations, businesses, and individuals in complying with the law on e-commerce.
Organize in-depth training, dissemination, and popularization of the content of the Law.
According to the Plan, the Ministry of Industry and Trade will preside over and coordinate with the Central Council for Coordination of Law Dissemination and Education; ministries, ministerial-level agencies, People's Committees of provinces and cities; press, radio, television agencies, and relevant agencies and organizations to organize the dissemination and popularization of the content of the Law on E-commerce and detailed regulations and guidelines for its implementation through forms appropriate to each target group and actual conditions. Implementation time: 2026 and subsequent years.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade will preside over and coordinate with the Central Council for Coordination of Law Dissemination and Education; Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, People's Committees of provinces and cities; relevant agencies and organizations shall organize conferences, seminars, training courses, and refresher courses for officials, civil servants, employees, businesses, organizations, and individuals involved to update and enhance legal knowledge and skills in organizing and implementing e-commerce laws in the form of in-person, online, or a combination of in-person and online formats. Implementation time: 2026 and subsequent years.
Review of legal documents
Organize a review of legal documents related to the Law within the assigned state management authority; implement, within their authority, or recommend to competent authorities, timely amendment, supplementation, replacement, repeal, or promulgation of new relevant legal documents, ensuring consistency, uniformity, and compliance with the Law's provisions.
Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and People's Committees of provinces and cities shall review legal documents within their assigned scope and areas of state management; and act within their authority or recommend that competent authorities handle the review results in accordance with regulations.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall preside over the review of documents within its scope of state management; and shall also be the focal point for compiling the review results and proposals from ministries, sectors, and localities to report to the Prime Minister.
Implementation timeline:
Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and People's Committees of provinces and cities shall submit the review results to the Ministry of Industry and Trade before May 10, 2026.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall compile and report the review results to the Prime Minister in June 2026.
Development of legal documents
According to the Plan, the Ministry of Industry and Trade shall preside over and coordinate with: the Government Office, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, the State Bank of Vietnam, ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and People's Committees of provinces and cities to develop a Government Decree detailing some articles of the Law on E-commerce, specifically Clause 8 of Article 9, Clause 5 of Article 11; Clause 4 of Article 14; Clause 4 of Article 15; Clause 5 of Article 17; Clause 5 of Article 18; Clause 3 of Article 19; Clause 2 of Article 20; Clause 7 of Article 27; Point b, Clause 1, Article 30; Clause 2, Article 32; Clause 1, Article 33; Clause 2, Article 34; Point d, Clause 3, Article 35; Clause 3, Article 36; Clause 3, Article 37; Clause 4, Article 38 of the Law on E-commerce.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade, in coordination with the Government Office, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, the State Bank of Vietnam, other ministries and ministerial-level agencies, and the People's Committees of provinces and cities, will develop a Decree amending and supplementing several articles of the Decree stipulating administrative sanctions for violations in commercial activities, production, trading of counterfeit and prohibited goods, and consumer protection (regulations on administrative violations in the field of e-commerce). Expected implementation time: In the fourth quarter of 2026.
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Source: VITIC/moit.gov.vn