Vietnam Launches Implementation Plan for 2026 Anti-Money Laundering Law Amendments

Vietnam has issued a government implementation plan for legislation amending the country’s anti-money laundering framework. On 25 September 2026, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Van Thang signed Decision No. 1842/QD-TTg, approving the implementation plan for Law No. 23/2026/QH16. The law amends provisions of the Law on the State Bank of Vietnam, the Law on Prevention and Combat of Money Laundering, and the Law on Credit Institutions. The State Bank of Vietnam and Ministry of Finance are responsible for detailed implementing instruments. The State Bank must also review related legal instruments and determine which rules should be amended, supplemented, replaced, repealed, newly issued or confirmed as continuing in force. The programme provides for dissemination during Q3 and Q4 2026 and subsequent years. It also assigns the State Bank to prepare a decree on management of Vietnam’s international balance of payments and international investment position for submission before 1 November 2026. The implementation work follows broader AML/CFT reforms in 2026, including the June national action plan on AML/CFT/CPF commitments and July measures addressing beneficial ownership, customer identification and verification, legal arrangements, customer risk classification and customer-information update frequency.