In early May, the Vietnamese government stepped up its explanation and implementation messaging around Decree No. 134/2026/ND-CP, which took effect on 9 April 2026. The decree amends Decree No. 17/2023/ND-CP and gives more detailed treatment to AI-assisted creation, the use of protected text and data for AI training, rights-reservation mechanisms, and the responsibilities of intermediary services and digital content platforms. For generative AI providers, content platforms and businesses using AI-generated material, the compliance question is moving beyond a simple AI label.
The practical point is sharper: companies will need cleaner records of training-data sources, human creative contribution, takedown handling and downstream licensing. Vietnam is not closing the door on AI-driven content businesses, but it is making clear that copyright compliance has to be built into product design and platform operations. Waiting until a dispute arises may leave platforms with weak evidence, unclear allocation of liability and limited room to explain how a piece of AI-assisted content was actually produced.
