The implementation of Decree 13/2023/ND-CP on personal data protection has revealed a need for a specialized law on personal data protection to ensure consistency with domestic laws as well as compatibility with international laws and practices. To meet these requirements, the Ministry of Public Security has developed a Proposal for a Law on Personal Data Protection.

On September 16, 2024, the Government issued Decree 115/2024/ND-CP stipulating details for a number of articles and providing implementation measures for the Law on Bidding concerning the selection of investors to implement land-using investment projects (Decree 115). Decree 115 is issued to improve the legal framework for bidding in the selection of investors to implement investment projects in accordance with the new regulations of the Law on Bidding 2023 and the Law on Land 2024. Decree 115 takes effect from September 16, 2024.

On July 24, 2024, the Government promulgated Decree 96/2024/ND-CP (Decree 96) to elaborate certain articles of the Law on Real Estate Business, replacing Decree 02/2022/ND-CP. Decree 96 takes effect from August 1, 2024

On July 10, 2024, the Ministry of Public Security issued Circular 32/2024/TT-BCA amending Circular 149/2020/TT-BCA guiding the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting; the amended Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting; and Decree 136/2020/ND-CP guiding the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting and the amended Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting; and Circular 08/2018/TT-BCA guiding Decree 83/2017/ND-CP regulating rescue work of the fire prevention and fighting forces.

After 8 years from promulgation of the Law on Real Estate Business 66/2014/QH13 (Law on Real Estate Business 2014), the implementation of this law still has many shortcomings, causing difficulties and hindering business activities, transactions in the real estate market. Realizing the urgency in completing the provisions of the Law on Real Estate Business 2014, in order to remove obstacles, difficulties from the remaining shortcomings, on November 28, 2023, the National Assembly promulgated the Law on Real Estate Business 29/2023/QH15 (Law on Real Estate Business 2023), effective from August 1, 2024.

Decree 01/2021/ND-CP on enterprise registration (Decree 01) has positively impacted administrative procedure reform in enterprise registration but also revealed certain shortcomings. Therefore, the Ministry of Planning and Investment is currently developing a draft to amend and supplement several provisions of Decree 01.