Vietnam's cybersecurity law threatens free trade

Economic partners must challenge protectionist compulsory data localization rule

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A decision by Vietnam’s parliament to enforce the local storage of data might be challenged by its trade partners in the TPP-11 grouping.

Vietnam's parliament has approved a new cybersecurity law that requires all companies doing business in the country to store their data locally -- a principle known as forced data localization.

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