Vietnamese telecommunications law has undergone several reformations in order to meet its
international obligations. On 25 May 2002, the first Ordinance on Post and
Telecommunications was approved by the Standing Committee of the National Assembly and
became effective on 1 October 2002 (“Ordinance”)1
. The Ordinance was then replaced by
the Law on Telecommunications (“LOT”) which came into effect on 1 July 2010. The Law
on Telecommunications presents the first time that regulations on telecommunications were
compiled in a separate comprehensive law. It provides a legal framework for all
telecommunications activities.