Law on Children, responsibility to protect children in the internet environment
Law No. 102/2016/QH13, Article 54
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In force since 1 June 2017.
An age-appropriate design code rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What this law does
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Article 54 requires an agency, organization, or individual that manages or provides information and communications products and services, or organizes activities, in the Internet environment to apply measures ensuring safety and privacy for children, defined by Article 1 as a person below the age of sixteen; clause 3 leaves the Government to detail the article's specific requirements, which are not independently confirmed here.
Article 87 assigns the Ministry of Information and Communications responsibility to manage and guide regulations on the press, publication, telecommunications, Internet, and other information channels involving children, and to protect children in the environment of the Internet, computer networks, and telecommunication networks.
Article 105 provides that a violator of the Law is disciplined, administratively sanctioned, or examined for penal liability depending on the nature and severity of the violation.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Article 105 provides that a violator of the Law is disciplined, administratively sanctioned, or examined for penal liability in accordance with law, depending on the nature and severity of the violation; the Law itself defines no offense and states no fine amount, leaving both to other statutes and decrees not described here.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
The Ministry of Information and Communications, which manages and guides regulations on the press, publication, telecommunications, Internet, radio, television and other information channels involving children, and coordinates state management of children's rights in the Internet environment with the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and other agencies.
What it reaches
Age threshold
16
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
Unofficial English translation of Law No. 102/2016/QH13 (economica.vn)
the official Vietnamese-language gazette text is not reproduced in the cited source.