Law on AI and Decree 142/2026
Machine-readable marks on AI audio, images and video; a clear label on deep fakes; a notice on misleading text.
In short
- Where: Vietnam
- Status: In force since 1 March 2026; systems already running before then by 1 March 2027
- Who: AI providers (marks) and deployers that publish AI content (labels)
- Covers: AI-generated content generally
- Kennmarq.com: covers images and video today; audio: waits for spoken notices in audio for deep fakes (expected December 2026); text: waits for text (expected March 2027).
Updated 4 November 2026; source checked 4 November 2026. Sources are government sites. This page explains what Kennmarq.com does; it isn't legal advice.
What it asks of each kind of file
| File | What it asks | Kennmarq.com today |
|---|---|---|
| Images | machine-readable marks (a watermark or metadata); a visible label, on deep fakes | Covered |
| Video | machine-readable marks (a watermark or metadata); a visible label, on deep fakes | Covered |
| Audio | machine-readable marks (a watermark or metadata); a notice people can hear, on deep fakes | Waits for spoken notices in audio for deep fakes (expected December 2026) |
| Text | a visible label | Waits for text (expected March 2027) |
In the API
Send markets=vn on each call to POST /v1/mark: a call that lacks what Vietnam's rules need is refused before anything is counted, and each mark gets a receipt of what it carries for each law.
| File | Made with AI | A deep fake (deepfake=true) |
|---|---|---|
| Picture | Watermark and Content Credentials | Watermark, Content Credentials and the visible label |
| Clip | Watermark and Content Credentials | Watermark, Content Credentials and the visible label |
| Song | Watermark and Content Credentials | Refused for now: its rules need spoken notices in audio, expected December 2026. |
Mark a picture for Vietnam
curl https://api.kennmarq.com/v1/mark \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $KENNMARQ_API_KEY" \
-F file=@image.png \
-F source=created \
-F markets=vn \
-o image.marked.pngAn AI coding agent gets the same answer from the MCP tool get_requirements (MCP server).
Official text
- Government of Viet Nam portal, Law on AI No. 134/2025/QH15 (official English translation)
- Công báo (Official Gazette), Decree 142/2026/ND-CP
- Government legal documents system, Decree 142/2026/ND-CP record