Law on Population: Viet Nam repeals phrase "Each couple should have only one to two children"

LAW ON POPULATION

(Law No. 113/2025/QH15)

Pursuant to the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, as amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 203/2025/QH15;

The National Assembly hereby promulgates the Law on Population.

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of regulation

This Law provides for communication, advocacy, and education regarding population; maintenance of replacement fertility levels and reduction of sex imbalance at birth; adaptation to population aging; improvement of population quality; and conditions to guarantee the implementation of population work.

Article 2. Interpretation of terms

In this Law, the following terms shall be construed as follows:

1. Population means the total number of people residing in a nation, region, geographical zone, or administrative unit.

2. Population size means the total number of people residing in a nation, region, geographical zone, or administrative unit at a given point in time.

3. Population structure means the population categorized by gender, age, ethnicity, educational attainment, occupation, marital status, and other relevant characteristics.

4. Population distribution (also referred to as resident distribution) means the division of the population across regions, geographical zones, or administrative units.

5. Population quality means the reflection of the physical, intellectual, and mental characteristics of the population.

6. Family planning means the effort of the State, society, and families to enable each individual and married couple to actively and voluntarily decide on the number of children, timing of childbirth, and birth spacing in order to protect health, raise children responsibly, and align with family living conditions and social standards.

7. Replacement fertility level means the average fertility rate calculated as 2.1 children per woman of childbearing age.

8. Sex ratio at birth means the ratio of live male births to 100 live female births during the same period.

9. Sex balance at birth means a state where the sex ratio at birth ranges between 104 and 106 live male births per 100 live female births.

10. Sex imbalance at birth means a state where the sex ratio at birth falls outside the range of sex balance at birth.

11. Population aging means the process of an increasing proportion of elderly persons in the total population, where persons aged 60 and older account for 10% or more of the total population, or where persons aged 65 and older account for 7% or more of the total population.

12. Population services mean activities serving population work, including the provision of population information and data; communication, advocacy, and education regarding population; provision of reproductive healthcare services, family planning, population quality enhancement services, elderly care services, and other activities as provided by law.

13. Social capacity of the elderly means the ability to maintain, adapt to, and participate in social relationships to enable the elderly to continue contributing to their families and society.

Article 3. Principles for implementation of population work

1. Protect the lawful rights and interests of agencies, organizations, and individuals in the population sector, integrated with socio-economic development, environmental protection, and national cultural identity to achieve rapid and sustainable national development.

2. Ensure proactiveness, voluntariness, equality, and enhance the responsibility of every individual, married couple, and family in performing population work.

3. Ensure balance and harmony between the rights and obligations of citizens, the rights and obligations of enterprises, and the responsibilities of the State.

4. Integrate population factors into the formulation and implementation of socio-economic development strategies, master plans, plans, programs, schemes, and projects of the entire country, each region, zone, sector, locality, and organization.

5. Promote inter-sectoral coordination, leverage the role of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front and its member organizations in mobilizing communities and society, and disseminate and advocate union members, association members, and the entire population to participate in population work.

Article 4. Integration of population factors into socio-economic development, national defense, and security strategies, master plans, plans, programs, schemes, and projects

1. Population factors to be mainstreamed include population size, structure, and distribution.

2. The integration of population factors into socio-economic development, national defense, and security strategies, master plans, plans, programs, schemes, and projects shall adhere to the following principles:

a) Ensure consistency and synchronization of population factors across socio-economic development, national defense, and security strategies, master plans, plans, programs, schemes, and projects;

b) Fulfill sustainable development goals and address relationships between population and development; align with the objectives of population policy;

c) Execute within the process of formulating and implementing socio-economic development, national defense, and security strategies, master plans, plans, programs, schemes, and projects.

3. The integration of population factors into socio-economic development, national defense, and security strategies, master plans, plans, programs, schemes, and projects shall be carried out in accordance with regulations of the Prime Minister.

Article 5. Viet Nam Population Day and National Action Month on Population

1. Viet Nam Population Day shall be December 26 annually.

2. National Action Month on Population shall be December annually.

Article 6. Prohibited acts

1. Propagating, disseminating, or supplying false information or distorted information regarding the policies and guidelines of the Party and the policies and laws of the State on population.

2. Obstructing the propagation, education, advocacy, dissemination of information, counseling on population and family planning, or access to population services.

3. Fetal sex selection in any form; announcing or disclosing fetal sex, except in cases specified by the Minister of Health for diagnosing and treating sex-linked diseases.

4. Coercing or forcing childbirth or non-childbirth.

5. Stigmatizing or discriminating in access to population services.

6. Human cloning.

Article 7. State policies on population

1. Population is a paramount factor in the cause of national construction, development, and defense. Implement population and development policy through measures maintaining replacement fertility levels, reducing sex imbalance at birth, adapting to population aging, and improving population quality in relation to socio-economic, national defense, and security factors, associated with building a prosperous, strong, civilized, and happy country.

2. Implementing population and development policy is the responsibility of the entire political system, every individual, family, enterprise, organization, and society as a whole. The State plays the leading role and mobilizes society to implement population policy.

3. Adopt policies to improve population quality in physical, intellectual, and mental aspects; protect and develop the population of very small ethnic minority groups.

4. Based on socio-economic conditions in each period, adopt appropriate policies supporting couples and individuals in childbearing and child-rearing through labor, employment, wage, social insurance, health insurance, allowance, education, healthcare, housing, and other policies to increase fertility rates and achieve sustainable replacement fertility levels; prioritize provinces and centrally-run cities with fertility rates below replacement level.

5. Adopt policies adapting to population aging; develop the network of geriatric hospitals and geriatric departments within general hospitals; develop elderly care activities; ensure the elderly have convenient access to healthcare services and a social environment suited to socio-economic conditions; encourage preparation for old age while still young; encourage and provide incentives to enterprises and organizations participating in producing and supplying goods and services dedicated to the elderly as prescribed by law; support the elderly regarding labor, employment, social security, participation in startups, economic development, and digital transformation; develop long-term care insurance and other forms of health insurance. Prioritize human resource development in the field of geriatrics. Formulate policies to attract human resources working in geriatrics.

6. Adopt population distribution policies through socio-economic development, national defense, and security master plans, programs, and projects suited to each region, zone, sector, and locality.

7. Prioritize and support the implementation of population work in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, as well as commune-level administrative units with extreme difficulties in coastal, island, and wetland areas.

8. Guarantee resources for population work; support and create favorable conditions for population and development programs, schemes, and projects. Adopt policies to consolidate the system, step up training, retraining, and capacity building for personnel working in population; develop the network of reproductive health care services.

9. Adopt policies to intensify research, application, and promotion of scientific, technological development, innovation, and digital transformation in the population field.

10. Adopt preferential policies regarding tax, land, credit, and other preferential mechanisms as prescribed by law to encourage, motivate, and mobilize social resources to participate in population work.

11. Encourage employers to support and create conditions for employees to implement measures maintaining replacement fertility levels, adapting to population aging, and enhancing population quality.

Chapter II

COMMUNICATION, ADVOCACY, AND EDUCATION ON POPULATION

Article 8. Purposes and requirements of communication, advocacy, and education on population

1. Communication, advocacy, and education on population aim to raise awareness, transform behavior, and generate consensus and active support across society to comprehensively and synchronously resolve population issues associated with rapid and sustainable national development.

2. Communication, advocacy, and education on population must satisfy the following requirements:

a) Accurate, scientific, timely, clear, understandable, and practical;

b) Consistent with fine traditions, national cultural identity, social ethics, religions, beliefs, customs, and practices; promoting family values, community solidarity, and eliminating gender prejudice;

c) Suited to the characteristics of the areas and target groups of communication, advocacy, and education.

Article 9. Contents of communication, advocacy, and education on population

1. Guidelines and policies of the Party, and policies and laws of the State on population work.

2. The role of individuals and married couples in childbearing to ensure sustainable national development and happiness of the people.

3. Rights and obligations of individuals, families, and employers; benefits to the community, society, and the nation in executing population work.

4. Communication, advocacy, and education shall prioritize the following contents:

a) Encouraging marriage and childbearing to maintain replacement fertility levels; minimizing child marriage and consanguineous marriage;

b) Reducing sex imbalance at birth and the consequences of sex imbalance at birth;

c) Adapting to population aging and preparing for old age from a young age;

d) Encouraging people to care for their health appropriate to each target group; proactively accessing pre-marital counseling and health examination services; prenatal and neonatal screening, diagnosis, and treatment; infertility prevention and treatment;

dd) Promoting the elimination of gender prejudice, elevating the role of women and young girls in families and communities.

5. Incorporate population contents into educational curricula appropriate to each educational level.

Article 10. Target groups and responsibilities for communication, advocacy, and education on population

1. Agencies, organizations, communities, and individuals have the right to access information, education, and communication on population and to participate in population communication, advocacy, and education.

2. Priority shall be given to communicating, advocating, and educating appropriate population contents to the following target groups:

a) Minors;

b) Persons of reproductive age;

c) Elderly persons;

d) Migrants, persons with disabilities, and persons at risk of infectious diseases;

dd) Ethnic minorities, particularly very small ethnic minority groups;

e) Employers.

3. State management agencies on population shall be responsible for guiding communication, advocacy, and education on population; and coordinating with agencies, organizations, and individuals to conduct communication, advocacy, and education on population.

4. Press agencies shall proactively coordinate with state management agencies on population in implementing communication, advocacy, and education on population.

5. Encourage schools to coordinate with families to execute population communication, advocacy, and education activities.

Article 11. Forms of communication, advocacy, and education on population

1. Direct forms.

2. Indirect forms through mass media.

3. Campaigns, events, exhibitions, competitions on population, and other forms.

Chapter III

MAINTAINING REPLACEMENT FERTILITY LEVELS AND REDUCING SEX IMBALANCE AT BIRTH

Article 12. Adjusting population size and structure

1. Adjusting population size and structure shall ensure consistency with socio-economic development through the following measures:

a) Adjusting fertility levels;

b) Reducing mortality rates;

c) Other measures.

2. Based on socio-economic conditions in each period, the Government and provincial-level local authorities shall decide on applying the measures specified in Clause 1 of this Article through socio-economic development strategies, master plans, plans, programs, schemes, and projects.

Article 13. Rights and obligations of individuals and married couples in childbearing and reproductive health care

1. Decide on the timing of childbirth, number of children, and birth spacing suited to age, health status, study, labor, income conditions, and child-rearing capability of each individual and married couple on an equal basis.

2. Protect health, implement preventive measures against reproductive tract infections, sexually transmitted infections, HIV/AIDS, and perform other activities related to reproductive health care.

Article 14. Maintaining replacement fertility levels

1. Measures to maintain replacement fertility levels include:

a) In case of giving birth to a second child, the maternity leave duration for female employees shall be 07 months; for male employees, it shall be 10 working days when their wives give birth;

b) Financial support upon giving birth for women of very small ethnic minority groups;

c) Financial support upon giving birth for women in provinces and centrally-run cities with fertility rates below replacement level;

d) Financial support upon giving birth for women who have given birth to 2 children before the age of 35;

dd) Priority in purchasing, lease-purchasing, or renting social housing in accordance with housing law for persons with 2 or more biological children;

e) Other measures decided by the Government.

2. Based on socio-economic conditions in each period, the Government shall specify support levels and the order and procedures for implementing support specified in Points b, c, and d of Clause 1; conditions and procedures for implementing Point a, Clause 1 of this Article.

3. Based on state budget balancing capabilities, within their tasks and powers, provincial-level local authorities shall regulate the following:

a) Higher support levels than those prescribed by the Government;

b) Target groups and other measures to maintain replacement fertility levels outside those specified in Clause 1 of this Article.

4. Annually, the central statistical agency shall publish fertility rate statuses to serve the Government and provincial-level local authorities in formulating and implementing appropriate support and incentive policies to maintain replacement fertility levels.

Article 15. Reducing sex imbalance at birth

1. Encourage the inclusion of contents regarding non-preference for sons over daughters and non-selection of fetal sex into community conventions and village codes.

2. Suspend medical examination and treatment practice licenses for individuals who commit acts of announcing or disclosing fetal sex for abortion purposes; such suspension of medical practice licenses shall be carried out in accordance with the law on medical examination and treatment.

3. Annually, the central statistical agency shall publish sex imbalance at birth statuses to serve the Government and provincial-level local authorities in formulating and executing appropriate intervention measures to reduce sex imbalance at birth.

Chapter IV

ADAPTING TO POPULATION AGING

Article 16. Measures to adapt to population aging

1. Proactively prepare for old age.

2. Care for the elderly.

3. Develop human resources for elderly care.

4. Measures regarding support, care, and promoting the role of the elderly in accordance with the law on the elderly and other relevant legal regulations.

5. Other measures adapting to population aging as provided by relevant laws; socio-economic development strategies, master plans, plans, programs, schemes, and projects.

Article 17. Proactively preparing for old age

1. Individuals shall proactively prepare for old age from a young age through the following activities:

a) Preparation in terms of health, finance, and psychology;

b) Participation in social insurance and health insurance;

c) Participation in learning, enhancing knowledge and skills to maintain physical and mental health and social functioning;

d) Participation in activities supporting care for the elderly;

dd) Other activities preparing for old age.

2. The State shall adopt policies supporting priority groups in proactively preparing for old age.

3. Encourage agencies, organizations, enterprises, families, and individuals to support individuals in participating in preparation for old age suited to the needs of each group of elderly persons. Encourage individuals to participate in health insurance in accordance with the law on insurance business.

Article 18. Care for the elderly

1. Develop diversified forms of elderly care; support improving the social capacity and self-care capability of the elderly suited to their level of autonomy and the needs of each group of elderly persons.

2. Forms of care for the elderly include:

a) Self-care;

b) Home care;

c) Community-based care;

d) Care at elderly care facilities, care at medical examination and treatment facilities in accordance with the law on the elderly.

3. Measures supporting elderly care include:

a) Providing knowledge and guiding skills for the elderly to maintain and improve physical and mental health and social functioning;

b) Supporting family members in caring for the elderly through training, counseling, and appropriate technical assistance;

c) Developing networks of volunteers, clubs, and self-help groups.

4. Encourage the participation of socio-political organizations, social organizations, socio-professional organizations, educational institutions, elderly care facilities, and residential communities in supporting intergenerational elderly care.

5. The Government shall elaborate on Point b and Point c of Clause 2 of this Article.

Article 19. Developing human resources for elderly care

1. Incorporate geriatric specializations into continuing medical education programs.

2. Encourage organizations and individuals to award scholarships or support tuition and living expenses for learners to develop the geriatric field, especially those working at medical examination and treatment facilities and elderly care facilities in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, and commune-level administrative units with extreme difficulties in coastal, island, and wetland areas.

3. The development of human resources for elderly care shall be carried out in accordance with the law on the elderly.

Chapter V

ENHANCING POPULATION QUALITY

Article 20. Pre-marital health counseling and examination

1. Encourage men and women to proactively access pre-marital health counseling and examination services according to technical guidelines of the Minister of Health.

2. Based on socio-economic conditions in each period and state budget balancing capabilities, within their tasks and powers, provincial-level local authorities shall decide on funding support for pre-marital health counseling and examination.

Article 21. Prenatal and neonatal screening, diagnosis, and treatment

1. Encourage prenatal and neonatal congenital disease screening examinations for pregnant women and newborns according to the list of diseases requiring screening promulgated by the Minister of Health.

2. Funding for screening examinations for certain congenital diseases before birth and at birth shall be supported by the state budget, health insurance according to the roadmap for increasing health insurance contribution rates, and other lawful funding sources. Based on socio-economic conditions in each period and state budget balancing capabilities:

a) The Government shall detail the scope, target groups, and support levels for screening examinations of certain congenital diseases before birth and at birth according to priority roadmaps;

b) Provincial-level local authorities, within their tasks and powers, shall decide on expanding the scope, supplementing target groups, and support levels for congenital disease screening before birth and at birth specified in Point a of this Clause.

3. Diagnosis and treatment of congenital diseases before birth and at birth shall be conducted in accordance with the law on medical examination and treatment and the law on health insurance.

Article 22. Reproductive health care

1. Individuals and married couples have the right to full, equal, and non-discriminatory access to reproductive healthcare services; and to make decisions regarding reproductive health independently on the basis of understanding, voluntariness, and respect for individual rights and interests.

2. Infertility prevention shall be performed in accordance with the law on disease prevention and the law on medical examination and treatment; infertility treatment shall be performed in accordance with the law on disease prevention, the law on medical examination and treatment, and the law on health insurance.

3. Based on practical situations, provincial-level local authorities shall decide on implementing support for contraceptive methods and family planning service costs for poor households, near-poor households, social protection beneficiaries; target groups in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, commune-level administrative units with extreme difficulties in coastal, island, and wetland areas; and inland border communes.

Chapter VI

CONDITIONS GUARANTEEING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF POPULATION WORK

Article 23. Financial sources for population work

1. State budget.

2. Social insurance fund, Health insurance fund.

3. Fees paid by population service users.

4. Grants, sponsorships, and support from domestic and foreign organizations and individuals in accordance with law.

5. Other funding sources as prescribed by law.

Article 24. State budget expenditures for population work

1. Expenditures for facilities providing population services under the list of public non-business services using state budget funds in accordance with law and performing tasks ordered, assigned, or tendered by competent state agencies.

2. Expenditures supporting State population service providers in accordance with the law on state budget and the law on financial autonomy mechanisms for public non-business units.

3. Expenditures for training, retraining, and developing human resources in population work.

4. Expenditures for development investment in State population service providers in accordance with law.

Article 25. Building and developing personnel working in population work

1. Persons directly and regularly managing and organizing population activities shall receive training and retraining in professional expertise suitable for their duties; and shall enjoy preferential policies as prescribed by law, with special priority for personnel in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, and commune-level administrative units with extreme difficulties in coastal, island, and wetland areas.

2. Population collaborators shall receive professional training and guidance according to guidelines of the Minister of Health; and enjoy policies and benefits in accordance with regulations of the Government.

Article 26. International cooperation on population work

1. Proactively pursue international cooperation on population work; join international organizations, programs, and initiatives related to population as decided by competent authorities; submit to competent authorities the ratification or accession to international treaties and organize the implementation of international treaties in accordance with law; negotiate and execute international agreements in the field of population within assigned authority and in accordance with law.

2. Contents of international cooperation in population work include:

a) Sharing and exchanging experience, expertise, research, scientific application, and technology transfer;

b) Exchanging experts;

c) Training, retraining, and elevating professional capacity;

d) Mobilizing support and funding sources;

dd) Other cooperative activities.

Chapter VII

RESPONSIBILITIES OF AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS, FAMILIES, AND INDIVIDUALS IN POPULATION WORK

Article 27. State management on population

1. Contents of state management on population include:

a) Formulating and directing the implementation of strategies, master plans, plans, programs, schemes, and projects on population;

b) Formulating, promulgating, and organizing the implementation of legal normative documents, mechanisms, and policies on population;

c) Training, retraining, and developing human resources for population work; communication, advocacy, education, and dissemination of population knowledge and laws;

d) Organizing research, scientific and technological development, innovation, digital transformation, and application and transfer of technology in population work;

dd) Developing sector-specific population databases, ensuring inter-connectivity and synchronization with the National Population Database and relevant specialized databases to serve population policymaking;

e) International cooperation on population;

g) Inspection, examination, resolution of complaints and denunciations, and handling of legal violations on population; rewarding achievements in population work;

h) Other duties as prescribed by law.

2. The Government exercises unified state management of population nationwide; and shall report periodically every 05 years or ad-hoc to the National Assembly on population work.

3. The Ministry of Health acts as the focal point agency responsible to the Government for performing state management of population.

4. Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and government-attached agencies, within their tasks and powers, shall be responsible for coordinating with the Ministry of Health to perform state management of population.

5. Local authorities, within their tasks and powers or decentralized authority, shall perform state management of population. Provincial-level local authorities shall decide on funding support to purchase health insurance cards for elderly persons who do not yet have health insurance cards based on local socio-economic conditions and budget capabilities.

Article 28. Responsibilities of economic organizations, other organizations, families, and individuals in population work

1. Comply with legal regulations relating to population work.

2. Implement campaigns of the Party and State regarding population work.

3. Respect rights and interests of individuals and families; and benefits of the community, society, and nation in executing population work.

4. Family members shall be responsible for helping one another fulfill population policies and laws.

Chapter VIII

IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS

Article 29. Amendments and supplements to a number of articles of relevant laws concerning population work

1. Amend and supplement Clause 1, Article 139 of the Labor Code No. 49/2019/QH14, as amended and supplemented under Law No. 71/2025/QH15, as follows:

"1. Female employees are entitled to 06 months of maternity leave before and after childbirth; in case of giving birth to a second child, female employees shall be entitled to 07 months of maternity leave before and after childbirth; the leave period prior to childbirth shall not exceed 02 months. In case a female employee gives birth to twins or more, starting from the second child onward, the mother shall be entitled to an additional 01 month of maternity leave for each child."

2. Amend and supplement Point c, Clause 2, Article 53 of the Law on Social Insurance No. 41/2024/QH14, as amended and supplemented under Law No. 73/2025/QH15 and Law No. 84/2025/QH15, as follows:

"c) In case the wife gives birth to twins or gives birth to a second child, the employee is entitled to 10 working days of leave. In case of giving birth to triplets or more, the employee is entitled to an additional 03 working days of leave for each child starting from the third child onward;"

3. Amend and supplement a number of articles, clauses, and points of the Law on Housing No. 27/2023/QH15, as amended and supplemented under Law No. 43/2024/QH15, Law No. 47/2024/QH15, Law No. 84/2025/QH15, Law No. 90/2025/QH15, and Law No. 93/2025/QH15, as follows:

a) Add Clause 13 after Clause 12 of Article 76 as follows:

"13. Persons having 02 or more biological children.";

b) Replace the phrase "Clauses 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10 of Article 76" with the phrase "Clauses 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 13 of Article 76" in Clause 1, Article 77;

c) Replace the phrase "Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of Article 76" with the phrase "Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 13 of Article 76" in Clause 5, Article 77;

d) Replace the phrase "Clauses 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of Article 76" with the phrase "Clauses 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 13 of Article 76" in Clause 1, Article 78;

dd) Replace the phrase "Clauses 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 of Article 76" with the phrase "Clauses 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 13 of Article 76" in Clause 2, Article 78;

e) Replace the phrase "Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of Article 76" with the phrase "Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 13 of Article 76" in Point a, Clause 3, Article 78;

g) Replace the phrase "Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 11 of Article 76" with the phrase "Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 13 of Article 76" in Clause 9, Article 78;

h) Amend and supplement Point dd, Clause 1, Article 79 as follows:

"dd) Where a beneficiary is eligible for multiple different support policies, such beneficiary shall enjoy the single policy with the highest support level; in case beneficiaries share the same standards and conditions, priority for support shall be granted in the following order: persons with meritorious services to the revolution, relatives of martyrs, persons with disabilities, persons subject to resettlement through purchasing or lease-purchasing social housing, persons having 02 or more biological children, and females;"

4. Add Point d after Point c, Clause 1, Article 34 of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment No. 15/2023/QH15 as follows:

"d) Committing acts of announcing or disclosing fetal sex for abortion purposes."

5. Repeal Clause 3, Article 17 of the Law on Gender Equality No. 73/2006/QH11.

6. Repeal the phrase "Each couple should have only one to two children." in Clause 1, Article 43 of the Law on Protection of People's Health No. 21-LCT/HĐNN8.

Article 30. Effect

1. This Law takes effect on July 1, 2026, except for the case specified in Clause 2 of this Article.

2. Regulations in Point c and Point d, Clause 1, Article 14 of this Law shall take effect on January 1, 2027.

3. Population Ordinance No. 06/2003/PL-UBTVQH11, as amended and supplemented under Ordinance No. 07/2025/UBTVQH15, shall cease to have effect from the effective date of this Law.

This Law was passed on December 10, 2025, by the 15th National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam at its 10th session.