Does Law on Artificial Intelligence require Human Oversight?

Vietnam • enforcing

Yes — 1 provision

Requirements at a glance

This regulation imposes 8 specific requirements for Human Oversight across 1 provision:

Human Oversight and Ethical Principles

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Obligation:
Human Oversight
enforcing
Effective:
Mar 1, 2026
Risk tier:
all
Scope:
Art. 4 states principles for AI activities; Art. 7(4) prohibits interference with required human controls; Art. 14 assigns high-risk provider and deployer duties; Art. 27 applies specifically to state management and public services

Requirements

RequirementDetails
Human-centric principleArt. 4 places humans at the centre and states that AI serves humans rather than replacing human authority and responsibility
Human controlArt. 4 calls for maintaining human control and the ability to intervene in every system decision and action, along with inspection and monitoring across development and operation
Interference prohibitionArt. 7(4) prohibits obstructing, disabling or distorting human supervision, intervention and control mechanisms required by the Act
High-risk provider dutyArt. 14(1)(d) requires providers to design high-risk systems to permit human supervision and intervention
High-risk deployer dutyArt. 14(2)(b) requires deployers to ensure the ability for human intervention during use
Ethics framework boundaryArt. 26 creates a national ethics framework and says the State encourages organisations and individuals to apply it; that encouragement is not restated here as a mandatory private impact assessment
Public-sector impact assessmentArt. 27 applies to state management and public services. Covered operating agencies must assess high-risk or materially rights-, fairness- or public-interest-impacting uses and preserve human supervision/intervention; the human decision-maker retains authority and responsibility
TranslationThese English descriptions are working translations of visually reviewed Vietnamese excerpts, not official English wording

Penalties

ViolationFine
ViolationArt. 29 applies administrative or criminal liability according to applicable law and civil compensation for damage; detailed administrative penalties are delegated to the Government, and no fixed fine is stated here
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