Vietnam: What are the conditions for invalidation of electronic documents?

09:49, 28/12/2018

Recently, the Government of Vietnam issued Decree No. 165/2018/ND-CP on e-transactions in financial operations.

According to Decree No. 165/2018/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, an electronic document shall be invalidated under any one of the following conditions:

- It is invalidated in compliance with procedures and regulations of the unit in charge of generating and processing the document according to regulations.

- It is invalidated by consensus between parties.

Note:

- The invalidated electronic document shall be marked and the time and person in charge of invalidation shall be recorded in the information system and notified to relevant parties.

- The invalidated electronic document shall be stored to serve retrieval by competent authorities within the time limit prescribed by specialized law.

- The physical document (if any) converted from the invalidated electronic document is invalid and no longer usable.

Provisions on deletion of electronic documents can be found in Decree No. 165/2018/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, which takes effect from February 10, 2019.

- Thanh Lam -

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