There is no designated data privacy regulator as Vietnam has not passed a consolidated data privacy law. However, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) is the government body charged to regulate matters that would include data privacy.

There is no consolidated law that addresses the protection of personal data privacy. The concept exists under various laws and regulations, including the Constitution, the Civil/Criminal Code, the Law on Protection of Consumers' Rights, the Law on E-Commerce, the Law on Information Technology, the Law on Insurance Business, the Law on Credit Institutions and the recently passed Law on Network Information Security. Primary legislation is broad while implementing regulations (when they exist) tend to be more specific.