Vietnam Bans Classified Documents From AI Platforms: Southeast Asia's First Enforcement Directive

Vietnam's Ministry of Science and Technology has issued a directive banning all national government bodies from uploading classified documents to public AI platforms, restricting use to two government-approved platforms hosted domestically and built by Vietnamese companies. This enforcement acts as Southeast Asia's first operational AI governance directive, enforcing strict human oversight and data localisation rules within government AI applications.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Infrastructure.