Vietnam's PDPL?
Switch it on.
Vietnam's Personal Data Protection Law demands explicit, affirmative consent: silence doesn't count. Enable the Vietnam regulation in Clickio Consent and visitors from Vietnam automatically get a PDPL consent dialog, in Vietnamese, with their choices enforced on-page.
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Vietnam's PDPL at a glance
Vietnam moved fast: from Decree 13/2023 on personal data protection to a full Personal Data Protection Law, in force since January 2026.
Who it protects
People in Vietnam Applies to domestic and foreign organizations processing the personal data of Vietnamese citizens and residents of Vietnamese origin, wherever the processor sits
Consent model
Explicit opt-in Consent must be affirmative and verifiable; silence or inactivity does not count as consent
In force
Since January 2026 The PDPL and its implementing Decree 356/2025 replaced the Decree 13/2023 regime
Penalties
Substantial fines Up to VND 3 billion per violation, rising to 5% of last year's revenue for unlawful cross-border transfers and up to ten times the proceeds for selling data; enforcement sits with the Ministry of Public Security
This guide is general information for site owners, not legal advice. Check the current text of the law and your own counsel for your situation.
How Clickio covers Vietnam
A dedicated regulation in Clickio's catalog, not a relabeled GDPR banner.
Geo-matched automatically
Visitors from Vietnam are detected and shown the PDPL dialog with its own texts, defaults and choices, while your EU, US and other visitors keep seeing their own regulations' experiences.
Vietnamese-first texts
PDPL-specific default wording, editable per regulation, localized into Vietnamese, with your overrides and additional languages managed in the same place as the rest of your setup.
Choices enforced
The same tag orchestration that powers GDPR mode holds your tags to each Vietnamese visitor's decision, and every consent is stored as a record.
Coverage that scales with your audience
- Enablement. Turn Vietnam on from the Platform, at site creation or any time later.
- Non-TCF by design. The PDPL experience runs Clickio's non-TCF consent mechanics, matched to what the law actually requires rather than forcing an ad-framework dialog where it doesn't belong.
- Part of one catalog. Vietnam sits alongside GDPR, US state laws and India's DPDPA: one setup, every visitor under the right law, plus a fallback for everyone else.
- Dedicated PDPL dialog: texts, defaults and choices scoped to Vietnam
- Purpose controls per regulation: show exactly the purposes that apply
- Consent records: a stored record of each affirmative choice
- Re-scannable disclosure: pair with the Cookie Scanner to keep declarations complete
Frequently asked questions
Does the PDPL apply to my site if my company isn't in Vietnam?
If you process personal data of individuals in Vietnam (including through cookies and tracking on a website Vietnamese visitors use), the law can apply to you regardless of where you're established. Geo-matched consent for Vietnamese traffic is the practical way to cover that exposure.
How is PDPL consent different from GDPR consent?
The philosophy is similar (explicit, informed, affirmative opt-in), but the required notices, wording and specifics differ. Clickio treats Vietnam as its own regulation with its own dialog and texts, rather than showing Vietnamese visitors a repurposed GDPR banner.
Is the dialog available in Vietnamese?
Yes. Default texts ship localized, and everything, including your own overrides and cookie descriptions, can be maintained in Vietnamese alongside your other consent languages.
What do visitors outside Vietnam see?
Whatever their own regulation prescribes: GDPR dialogs in Europe, opt-out notices in the US, and so on. For visitors matching no enabled regulation, you choose the fallback: show nothing, or show a chosen regulation's consent worldwide.
How do I enable it?
Add Vietnam to your site's regulations in the Platform, at site creation or any time later. No extra code: the same Clickio Consent tag serves every regulation.
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Add this market to your consent setup. Start with a 14-day free trial; per-region settings and multi-language dialogs start on Starter.
Vietnam PDPL is a supported regulation in Clickio Consent, from the Starter plan.