Vietnam: 08 rules of providing open data of regulatory agencies

According to Clause 4 Article 3 of Decree No. 47/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, “”data sharing services” refer to services that provide and share data for agencies, organizations and individuals utilizing or collecting data from agencies, organizations and individuals via information systems. In information systems, data sharing services are interface of software serving data message connection and exchange with external systems.”.

Decree No. 47/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government stipulates that provision of open data of regulatory agencies for organizations and individuals must satisfy following requirements:

- Open data must be complete and fully contain data provided by regulatory agencies;

- Provided open data must be the latest data;

- Open data must be accessible from the cyber environment;

- Open data must be sent, received, stored and processed digital devices;

- Organizations and individuals shall be able to freely access and use open data without declaring identification during utilization and use process;

- Open data must be open format;

- Open data shall be free to use;

- Prioritize providing open data which people and enterprises have high demands for.

Ministers, heads of ministerial agencies and governmental agencies, Chairpersons of People’s Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities are responsible for issuing list of open data of regulatory agencies, developing plans and publicizing open data of regulatory agencies within their management.

Concurrently, open data of regulatory agencies shall be provided via following methods: Provide packed data and allow organizations and individuals to download; Provide data via data sharing services. Open data must be publicized on the national portal.

View more details at Decree No. 47/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from May 25, 2020.

Le Hai

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