Current legal framework
This public registry lists 209 source-linked legal references, mirroring all 209 concepts in VNLegalDocumentRefCS: 170 in force, 17 in force as amended (read in consolidated form), 2 future-effective, 0 transition-stage, and 20 superseded but kept for reference. Filter by domain or status, or search by code/title. The "Impact on VN Core" column links straight to the affected profile or CodeSystem.
Last reviewed: 2026-07-30 Regulation codes are kept in Vietnamese (TT, QĐ, NĐ, Luật) for legal precision
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Birth registration; the personal identification number is assigned via the birth certificate (Article 14). Legal basis of the birth-certificate identifier system and paediatric identity patterns.
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Exit-entry documents (passports). Legal basis of the passport identifier system; read as amended by Law 23/2023/QH15.
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Drug recall procedures (voluntary/mandatory), violation grading, handling of recalled drugs. Candidate basis for a future medication-recall flow — no artifact wired yet.
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Ministry of Health digital architecture pivots to shared data, data warehouses and secure integration.
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Prioritises data, CCCD identity, EMR/HSSK, citizen-facing apps and governed integration.
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National health database governance: Patient/Practitioner/Encounter/Composition. Defines responsibilities, scope, interoperability and open-data rules.
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Mandates inter-database data connection and sharing. Remaining systems must complete standardisation and converge on the Data Sharing and Orchestration Platform by 31 Dec 2026.
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Central Party resolution on government streamlining — political foundation for NQ 202/2025/QH15 (administrative restructuring) and Law 72/2025 (2-tier government).
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Framework law on BHYT — amended by Law 51/2024. Legal root for the entire chain NĐ 188/2025/NĐ-CP, NĐ 233/2025/NĐ-CP, TT 12/2026/TT-BTC.
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Amends Law 25/2008 — basis for NĐ 188/2025/NĐ-CP and the new BHYT payment rules (benefit levels, cross-tier, multi-card).
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Framework for medicines, e-prescription, market authorisation — basis for NĐ 163/2025/NĐ-CP, TT 26/2025/TT-BYT (outpatient prescription), TT 27/2025/TT-BYT (traditional medicine).
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National AI law — classifies AI by 3 risk tiers (high/medium/low). Healthcare AI typically falls under HIGH risk, requiring transparency, accountability, human-centric design.
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Defines the functions, tasks and organisational structure of the Ministry of Health after the 2025 government restructuring — authority basis for all MoH documents.
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Decentralises healthcare administration between central — provincial — commune levels after district tier elimination. Affects Organization.partOf and management scope.
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Detailed rules for contractor selection — basis for TT 57/2025/TT-BYT (medical-device grouping for procurement).
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Administrative penalty framework — provides legal basis for Claim/EOB invariants and required IG rules.
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Specifies the national database catalogue, including healthcare DB — basis for Organization metadata and national data interoperability.
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34-province 2-tier government model changes how addresses are represented and how legacy district data is handled.
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Operationalises NQ 202/2025/QH15 with the official 34-province + 3,321-commune codeset — basis for all address validation.
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Foundation for the citizen ID concept and validation rules tied to it.
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Framework law for modern healthcare — basis for TT 13/2025/TT-BYT (EMR), TT 32/2023/TT-BYT (scope of practice), Decree 96/2023 (implementation). Amended by the Planning Law 112/2025 (Article 55) and the Population Law 113/2025 (Article 35) — read via consolidation 26/VBHN-VPQH.
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Implements Law 15/2023 — practitioner licensing, facility registration, RelatedPerson workflow.
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Defines scope by specialty, practitioner licensing and CCHN code — basis for Practitioner.qualification.code.
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Four-tier ranking criteria for healthcare facilities (special, I, II, III, IV) — affects BHYT tier and Organization.type.
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Framework for electronic transactions, digital signature and authentication — basis for EMR (TT 13/2025/TT-BYT) and Provenance/Composition signature.
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EMR becomes the primary deployment driver, requiring standardised records, documents and data provenance.
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NHIC guidance: EMR software technical requirements + an 11-group data-exchange dictionary (XML/JSON) — recommended practice, not yet a mandatory standard; the future direction is HL7 FHIR R4 per Decision 2146/QĐ-BYT.
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Integrates digital health record into the VNeID app — 46 field groups created and digitally signed by care facilities. VN Core uses VNeID at the citizen-app layer; primary patient identifier remains CCCD.
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Five-character facility code (2-digit province + 3-digit sequence; 97/98 for MoD/MoPS) — assigned by provincial health departments; identity base for BHYT assessment and the VNeID health book.
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VSS assessment process (data-based, document-based, direct payment) — the receiving-side business document of the BHYT assessment gateway; read with Circular 12/2026/TT-BTC.
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Electronic BHYT card/social-insurance book integrated into VNeID level 2 and VssID — replaces paper when seeking care; guides Decree 164/2025/NĐ-CP.
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Seven-step interoperability process via the health-insurance assessment gateway; VSS displays data on VNeID within 24 hours; e-referral letters and follow-up slips are legally equivalent to paper.
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100% of healthcare facilities must complete EMR by 31 Dec 2026; hospitals stop paper records from 01 Jan 2027.
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Formally establishes 2-tier model: province/city + commune/ward/special-zone. Eliminates district tier. Distinguishes 3 commune types: xa (rural), phuong (urban), dac-khu (island).
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Publishes the data structure of the VNeID digital health record — standardises item-level data for HSSK aligned with CCCD.
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Detailed guidance for EMR deployment at healthcare facilities — complements QĐ 586/QĐ-BYT at the operational plan level.
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Health data is classified as sensitive personal data; data-subject rights must be reflected in policy and access UX.
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Clarifies DPIA, DPO, 72-hour breach notification, and cross-border data transfer assessment obligations.
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Fully replaced by Decree 356/2025. Kept for historical reference only.
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Replaces Cybersecurity Law 24/2018/QH14 from 01 Jul 2026; stricter requirements for scope assessment, storage, system protection and operational control for critical data and infrastructure.
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Requires data residency in Vietnam, data provision to authorities, and protection of critical information systems. Replaced by Cybersecurity Law 116/2025/QH15 from 01 Jul 2026.
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Original XML schema for BHYT data exchange between healthcare facilities and Vietnam Social Security. QĐ 130/QĐ-BYT is the direct successor; QĐ 4750/QĐ-BYT and QĐ 3176/QĐ-BYT are later amendments in the QĐ 130/QĐ-BYT chain. XML 4210 is retained for bridge/provenance only, not as the new design baseline.
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Latest amendment in the QĐ 130/QĐ-BYT → QĐ 4750/QĐ-BYT → QĐ 3176/QĐ-BYT chain. Use QĐ 3176/QĐ-BYT as the current technical layer for XML tables and operational code sets, without treating it as a full-document replacement of QĐ 130/QĐ-BYT or QĐ 4750/QĐ-BYT.
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Basis for Social Security electronic transactions and connection points for data lookup/exchange with the payer.
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BHYT reimbursement rules and benefit levels are reflected in the payer-side package without distorting the FHIR core semantics.
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Amends Decree 70/2015 on BHYT for military, public security, cipher personnel and standing militia. Decree 188/2025/NĐ-CP repeals only Clause 5 Article 4 of Decree 74, not the whole decree.
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Replaces QĐ 6556/QĐ-BYT from the signing date; the software transition window ended on 01 Jul 2026 — only the QĐ 697/QĐ-BYT template is used since then. 12 cost groups, 13 columns, supports multi-BHYT.
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QĐ 697/QĐ-BYT replaces this form; the transitional-use window ended on 01 Jul 2026. Retained only as a legacy basis for records created before that date.
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Defines discharge papers, social-insurance sick-leave certificates and medical record summaries — the form templates that QĐ 3176/QĐ-BYT maps in Tables 7, 8 and 11.
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Updates form templates and treatment-method wording rules (medical, surgical, radiotherapy, chemotherapy...) — basis for the PP_DIEUTRI field in XML1/7/8/11 tables per QĐ 3176/QĐ-BYT.
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In force as amended (settled 23 Jul 2026) — read consolidated with Circulars 35/2021, 08/2024 and 01/2025; watch for the new implementing circular under Decree 188/2025.
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Regulates immunization activities, replacing the previous immunization circulars (24/2018, 34/2018, 05/2020, 52/2025); Article 3 fixes the 14-disease mandatory list — adding HPV, pneumococcal and rotavirus to the EPI. Extends the legal basis of the vaccine-type code system.
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10 chapters, 97 articles implementing Law 114/2025/QH15: immunization, post-vaccination injury compensation (30× base salary; VND 100 million for death), free periodic health checkups, school health.
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70 prenatal (Annex I) + 33 newborn (Annex II) screening diseases under Population Law 113/2025/QH15 — a screening ValueSet candidate for the 0.8.0 cycle, paired with Circular 11/2026/TT-BYT.
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Implements Law 113/2025/QH15: conditions and procedures for second-child maternity leave and childbirth financial support. Context for social-insurance maternity documents (XML10/XML11).
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Replaces Circular 31/2018/TT-BYT; free-medicine programmes run under agreements between pharmaceutical businesses and healthcare facilities. Context for non-BHYT medication payment sources (NGUON_CTRA).
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Raises the base salary from VND 2.34M to 2.53M/month — the parameter behind the 45-month BHYT payment ceiling (T_TRANTT per Decree 188/2025/NĐ-CP) and vaccination-injury compensation. The IG references the multiplier only, never hard-coded amounts.
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From 01 Jul 2026, provincial chairpersons issue/renew/adjust/suspend/revoke practice licences and facility operating licences — shifting the issuing-authority segment of the GPHN format (Decree 96/2023, Form 11) toward province codes. Business-condition cuts are expected from 01 Jul 2027.
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8 chapters, 48 articles — a unified legal framework for digital government, economy and society; requires digital systems to be consistent, interoperable and data-sharing, following the National Digital Architecture Framework (Decision 3090/QĐ-BKHCN). The interoperability axis, together with Decree 278/2025/NĐ-CP, that VN Core FHIR aligns with.
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Governs the financial mechanism for BHXH, BHTN and BHYT funds — revenue, expenditure and reserve provisions. Provides the financial basis for TT 12/2026/TT-BTC.
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Electronic audit workflow via gdbhyt.baohiemxahoi.gov.vn. 6 forms: 01/BH (monthly summary), 03/BH (audit report), 05/BH (outcome notice), 06/BH (settlement record). Digital signature required on all submissions.
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Root catalogue for BHYT-reimbursable devices — amended by TT 24/2025/TT-BYT (VTYT → TBYT renaming) and consolidated in VBHN 14/VBHN-BYT.
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9 BHYT device groups (N01-N09) — single authoritative source for the BHYT-reimbursable device catalogue.
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Principles and criteria for building the BHYT drug list and payment guidance — does NOT itself contain the drug list; voids Arts. 3–6 of Circular 20/2022 (Art. 20.4) while its list annex remains in force.
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Root decision for healthcare output data standards and formats; amended by QĐ 4750/QĐ-BYT and QĐ 3176/QĐ-BYT. TT 12/2026/TT-BTC continues to cite this chain.
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Amends QĐ 130/QĐ-BYT; QĐ 3176/QĐ-BYT further amends the chain and does not fully replace QĐ 4750/QĐ-BYT or QĐ 130/QĐ-BYT.
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27 subject categories for BHYT visits — basis for VNCoreCoverage.class and MA_DT codes in BHXH XML.
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Root document for shared code catalogue version 6. TT 12/2026/TT-BTC continues to cite QĐ 7603/QĐ-BYT as amended by QĐ 4905/QĐ-BYT, QĐ 5937/QĐ-BYT, QĐ 824/QĐ-BYT, QĐ 2010/QĐ-BYT and QĐ 3276/QĐ-BYT; QĐ 2010/QĐ-BYT is not treated as a full replacement.
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Fully replaces Decree 54/2017 from 01 Jul 2025 — basis for prescribing, dispensing and drug registration numbers.
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Replaced by Decree 163/2025.
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Electronic prescription has full legal validity, integrates with the National Prescription System; patients have up to 5 days to fill.
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Catalogue of herbal/traditional medicines covered by BHYT — basis for the YHCT Medication package.
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TT 04/2017/TT-BYT + TT 24/2025/TT-BYT + VBHN 14/VBHN-BYT: 9 BHYT device groups (N01-N09); VTYT terminology changed to TBYT.
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Root regulatory framework for medical devices — risk classification A/B/C/D, market registration. Consolidated with all amendments in VBHN 08/2026/VBHN-BYT.
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First amendment to Decree 98/2021 covering price disclosure and device procurement. Now consolidated in VBHN 08/2026/VBHN-BYT.
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Second amendment to Decree 98/2021. Now consolidated with prior amendments in VBHN 08/2026/VBHN-BYT.
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Replaces TT 43/2013/TT-BYT — governs VNCoreServiceRequest, Procedure and specialty classification.
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Replaced by TT 23/2024/TT-BYT; techniques approved before TT 23 took effect may continue until 30 Jun 2026 under the transition clause.
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Replaces 2007 Infectious Disease Prevention Law. New framework for the Expanded Immunisation Programme and disease surveillance.
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Consolidates NĐ 98/2021/NĐ-CP + NĐ 07/2023/NĐ-CP + NĐ 04/2025/NĐ-CP + NĐ 342/2025/NĐ-CP. Single authoritative source for all device citations (A/B/C/D risk class, registration, market approval, recall, IVD).
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Commune health station is a public health service unit under the commune People's Committee, with professional guidance from the Provincial Health Department. Has legal person status, own seal and bank account.
Consolidates TT 05/2022/TT-BYT + TT 59/2025/TT-BYT. Covers: market authorisation, import dossiers, quality calibration, post-market surveillance, recall and device safety alerts.
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TT 13/2025/TT-BYT takes effect on 21 Jul 2025, but its repeal clause says TT 46/2018/TT-BYT ceases from the TT 13/2025/TT-BYT issuance date. Use only for legacy EMR data.
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Detailed guidance for device dossiers, market authorisation, quality calibration — consolidated in VBHN 04/2026/VBHN-BYT with TT 59/2025/TT-BYT.
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Amends device quality calibration procedures — consolidated in VBHN 04/2026/VBHN-BYT.
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Groups devices by technical/quality standards for procurement — based on NĐ 214/2025/NĐ-CP. A separate package, NOT merged with risk class A/B/C/D under NĐ 98/2021/NĐ-CP.
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Decentralises medical-device administrative procedures between MoH and Provincial Health Departments.
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Establishes equipment quotas for medical devices at healthcare facilities — basis for inventory and facility capacity analysis.
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Telemedicine regulations — basis for telemedicine Encounter class and dedicated workflow.
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Basic hospital quality standards — complements TT 06/2024/TT-BYT (ranking) on the operational-quality dimension.
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National healthcare management information system framework — basis for interoperability and system CapabilityStatement.
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Drug procurement procedures at public healthcare facilities — complements NĐ 214/2025/NĐ-CP for pharmaceuticals.
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Professional title standards for physicians — basis for Practitioner.qualification.code (MD, Specialist I/II, MSc, PhD).
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Driver health examination requirements — specialised workflow with certificate templates.
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Amended by TT 53/2025/TT-BYT and consolidated in VBHN 06/2026/VBHN-BYT.
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Amends TT 43/2025/TT-BYT — consolidated in VBHN 06/2026/VBHN-BYT.
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Amends TT 02/2024/TT-BYT — certification process for traditional healers and family-recipe holders. Affects YHCT Practitioner.
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Clinical trial legal framework — basis for future ResearchStudy/ResearchSubject profiles.
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Corrected 23 Jul 2026: this circular regulates CIGARETTES (tar/nicotine limits) — not pharmaceuticals; removed from Medication profile legal bases.
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Replaced by Circular 13/2026/TT-BYT on immunisation activities (14 mandatory vaccine-preventable diseases).
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Functional framework for public YHCT hospitals — basis for Organization.type for traditional medicine hospitals.
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Prescription procedure for traditional/herbal medicines — complements TT 26/2025/TT-BYT (outpatient pharmaceutical prescription).
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Occupational disease management framework — basis for occupational Condition and related workflows.
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List of BHYT-eligible occupational diseases — complements TT 56/2025/TT-BYT on the payment side.
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Area standards for healthcare buildings — Location/Organization metadata about physical infrastructure.
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Expanded Immunisation Programme plan 2026-2028 — basis for the Immunization profile and TCMR vaccine set.
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Annex 6: 54 department/clinic codes — basis for VNCoreOrganizationDepartment and MA_KHOA.
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Vietnam edition of ICD-10. Decision 98/QĐ-BYT (14 Jan 2022) added COVID-19 codes (U07.1, U07.2).
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SNOMED CT Vietnam terminology batch 1 — Body Structure (anatomical structures).
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SNOMED CT Vietnam terminology batch 2 — Morphologic Abnormality.
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SNOMED CT Vietnam terminology batch 3 — Allergy and Clinical Finding.
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Shared terminology for traditional medicine — Batch 1: clinical pattern, diagnosis, acupoints, techniques.
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Shared terminology for traditional medicine — Batch 2: symptoms, tongue, pulse, treatment principles, herbs, formulas.
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2,964 indicators (Hematology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pathology, Imaging).
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International classification of procedures ICD-9-CM 2026 edition — used for DRG algorithms, DVKT coding and technical reference. Replaces QĐ 4440/QĐ-BYT 2020.
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ICD-9-CM 2020 edition — replaced by QĐ 387/QĐ-BYT (05 Feb 2026).
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Adds U07.1, U07.2 (COVID-19) to the ICD-10 VN issued under QĐ 4469/QĐ-BYT.
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Medical device nomenclature version 2023 — basis for national Device.type coding.
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Updates medical device nomenclature to 2024 edition — extends QĐ 3107/QĐ-BYT.
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Disease and cause-of-death coding under ICD-10 — mandatory workflow for electronic diagnosis.
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Catalogue and content of basic health services delivered by commune health stations.
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Separates Table 9 from the QĐ 130/QĐ-BYT/QĐ 4750/QĐ-BYT/QĐ 3176/QĐ-BYT chain and defines the current electronic birth certificate data standard.
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Amends and supplements QĐ 7603/QĐ-BYT; it is not a full replacement of QĐ 7603/QĐ-BYT.
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Amends and supplements QĐ 7603/QĐ-BYT; Annex 5 department codes was repealed by QĐ 2010/QĐ-BYT, while remaining parts are tracked as legacy basis.
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Adds shared code catalogues for management, review and BHYT payment processing.
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Guides collection, update and exchange of health checkup data and creation/update of the VNeID electronic health book.
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Approves the plan for at least annual free health checkups or screening for citizens.
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Plan for the electronic health record platform, including standardisation of core health information under HL7 FHIR.
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Basis for periodic, occupational and selected specialised health checkups.
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Government action programme implementing NQ 72-NQ/TW, providing policy basis for QĐ 1272/QĐ-BYT and QĐ 1551/QĐ-BYT.
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Core information catalogue for maternal, child and reproductive health systems.
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Core information catalogue for child information management systems at facility level.
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Regulates population policy, including fetal sex disclosure for diseases specified by the Ministry of Health.
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Catalogue of 137 ICD-10 coded diseases for which fetal sex may be disclosed for diagnosis and treatment.
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Allocates estimated BHYT medical expenditure for 2026 and replaces QĐ 32/QĐ-BYT.
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Initial 2026 BHYT expenditure allocation before QĐ 582/QĐ-BYT was issued.
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Publishes administrative procedures in medical examination and treatment and replaces QĐ 658/QĐ-BYT.
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Prior publication of medical examination and treatment procedures before QĐ 966/QĐ-BYT took effect.
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Decentralises administrative handling for selected special professional techniques in medical examination and treatment.
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Traditional medicine technical procedures; Annex 02 applies from 01 Jul 2026.
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Radiology diagnostic imaging technical procedures, replacing QĐ 2775/QĐ-BYT 2025.
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Consolidated document for traditional medicine technical procedure rules.
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Consolidates decentralisation rules for medical examination and treatment administrative procedures.
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Consolidated rules on decentralised handling of medical examination and treatment administrative procedures.
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Requires emergency patients to be handled by priority level; VN Core five-level triage follows international practice and is not quoted from this decision.
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Replaced by Circular 26/2025/TT-BYT (Art. 13, Cl. 2, Pt. d).
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Foundation of pharmacy regulation; Articles 74 (prescribing, data interoperability) and 64 (violating drugs) amended by Law 44/2024/QH15 — consolidated reading.
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Pharmaceutical businesses must interconnect and fully update data with the national pharmacy information system; Article 5 Clause 2 sets the 01 Jan 2026 milestone.
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Replaced by Decision 232/QĐ-TTYQG (Article 3).
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Technical interoperability standard for api.csdlduoc.com.vn/v2 operated by the National Health Information Center; replaces Decision 522/QĐ-TTYQG.
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Guides connection to the national prescription system and the 14-character prescription code.
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Operating regulation for the national information system on prescription management and dispensing by prescription.
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Original health checkup guidance and Type I-V health classification; amended by TT 09/2023/TT-BYT but still in force.
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Catalogue of Vietnam 54 ethnic groups (General Statistics Office). Basis for VNEthnicityCS. No public TVPL source link.
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List of recognised religious organisations (Government Committee for Religious Affairs, Ministry of Home Affairs). Basis for VNReligionCS. No public TVPL source link.
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Five-level occupation classification for labour statistics, ISCO-08 compatible. Basis for the occupation CodeSystem (vn-occupation-cs) and VNCoreExtOccupation.
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Guidance on processing methods for medicinal materials and traditional medicines (replaces Circular 30/2017/TT-BYT). Descriptive source for VNCoreExtTraditionalProcessingMethod.
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Code lists for medical service types (MA_LOAI_KCB, 16 codes) and departments (MA_KHOA, 61 departments + sub-units). Repeals Annex 1 of Decision 824/QĐ-BYT and Annex 6 of Decision 2010/QĐ-BYT from 01 Aug 2026.
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Technical guidance accompanying Circular 06/2026/TT-BYT (5 annexes: chapters/blocks, coding principles, drugs/chemicals for Chapters XIX–XX, deleted codes, new codes). Supersedes the coding-guidance portion of Decision 4469/QĐ-BYT.
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Communicable diseases classified into groups A/B/C under Article 15(4) of the Disease Prevention Law (114/2025/QH15): 15 Group A, 47 Group B, 19 Group C. Adds influenza A(H7N9) and MERS-CoV to Group A. Basis for the new VNCommunicableDiseaseCS.
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Amends Annex 07.1 (traditional-medicine disease codes) of Decision 7603/QĐ-BYT per Circular 06/2026/TT-BYT — 30 codes re-mapped/added to ICD-10, 5 codes discontinued. The IG uses the QĐ 2552/QĐ-BYT (Mã U) scheme distinct from Decision 7603, so this is recorded as YHCT→ICD-10 mapping governance.
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Details Law 114/2025/QH15: criteria for classifying communicable-disease groups, surveillance, notification, risk assessment and outbreak response. The classification criteria underpin Decision 1965/QĐ-BYT.
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Details the Social Insurance Law, the OSH Law (health domain) and parts of the Medical Examination Law. Annex I (long-term treatment disease list) is referenced for MA_LOAI_KCB types 02/05/08 in Decision 1804/QĐ-BYT.
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Details the Health Insurance Law: primary-care registration, facility transfers, follow-up appointment slips, disease lists (Annexes I/II). Amended by Circular 06/2026/TT-BYT (digital signature replaces the seal from 01 Jun 2026; code Q87.11→Q87.1).
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Replaces Annexes 01–03 and adds Annexes 04–05 of Decision 1551/QĐ-BYT; the health-checkup interop contract is reduced to three age-group specifications; new OAuth2 API with data-sync/push + resource-sync/push, RSA-SHA256 and digital signatures. Decision 1551 must be read together with 2062.
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Replaces health-checkup forms, adds a mental-health checkup form; technical-catalogue roadmap to 2028. Requires versioning of checkup Questionnaire/Procedure/ServiceRequest/DiagnosticReport.
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Prime Minister directive: by end-2026 all citizens receive free periodic checkups/screening and an e-Health Record; shift toward prevention.
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Approves the programme for population-data, e-identity and e-authentication applications serving national digital transformation 2026–2030, vision to 2035.
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Principles of digital-citizen development, rights/duties of digital citizens, national e-identity apps; 15 Oct is Digital Citizen Day. Effective until 28 Feb 2027.
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Details the Pharmacy Law and Decree 163/2025/NĐ-CP: lists of narcotic, psychotropic, precursor and radioactive drugs; electronic records must be encrypted, tamper-evident, audit-logged and digitally signed.
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Rolls out the national pharmaceutical database: pharmacy-facility identifiers, stock in/out/on-hand, drug lots, specially-controlled drugs and interoperability APIs.
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Details Law 134/2025/QH15: AI risk classification, conformity assessment for high-risk AI, transparency duties, human oversight. Medical AI may be high-risk.
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Datasets for AI development in essential sectors (including medical imaging data), 2026–2030.
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46 high-risk AI systems across 6 sectors including health → require human oversight and transparency. Paired with Decree 142/2026/NĐ-CP and Law 134/2025/QH15.
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Process for collection and issuing of social-insurance books and health-insurance cards (replaces Decision 595/QĐ-BHXH); electronic BHYT card via VNeID/VssID.
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Information-security and cybersecurity regulation of Vietnam Social Security (replaces Decision 967/QĐ-BHXH); security requirements when integrating with the BHXH portal API.
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National technical regulation on cybersecurity for electronic-document storage systems: risk management, accounts/access, backup–recovery; requires encryption, immutable logs, digital signatures.
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Guidance on periodic checkups for children under 6 (at least once a year) with M-CHAT-R autism-risk screening for children aged 16–30 months.
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Directive pushing healthcare facilities to complete electronic medical records by 31 Dec 2026 at the latest. Paired with Circular 13/2025/TT-BYT and Decision 965/QĐ-BYT.
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Determines risk levels (classes A/B/C/D) and management measures for medical-device products; amends Circular 05/2022/TT-BYT — its provisions detailing Decree 98/2021/NĐ-CP expire from 01 Jul 2026.
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First ministry-level document explicitly mandating HL7 FHIR R4 and DICOM as health-data interoperability standards, alongside ICD-10/ICD-11, SNOMED CT, LOINC and RxNorm for data normalisation — roadmap to 2030. Succeeds MOH e-Government Architecture 2.1 (Decisions 1928 and 4152) without an explicit repeal clause.
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Field MUC_HUONG in Tables 2 (drugs) and 3 (services/supplies) grows to a maximum of 4 characters; field SO_DANG_KY adds the UBND.YYYY.X.S convention for rare drugs imported under provincial People’s Committee permits.
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Implements Circular 38/2024/TT-BYT and Article 112 of the Medical Examination and Treatment Law: a national centralised database of clinical activity and licensed practice; phase 1 (2026) upgrades the practice registry (public licence listing, digital signing), phase 2 (2027–2028) nationwide interconnection.
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Nationwide campaign down to commune level: builds the personal health database from checkup data and clinical data synced from Social Security; one e-Health Record on VNeID per citizen; API interconnection of checkup data and non-insured clinical data (deadline 31 Aug 2026).
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Mandatory coverage, household enrolment, tiered-access roadmap; amended Art. 41.10 grounds the national BHYT database. The link between the 2008 and 2024 laws.
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The central implementing decree for 2018–2025 and direct predecessor of Decree 188/2025; most articles were repealed early from 01 Jul 2025.
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Added state-funded beneficiary groups; amended Art. 15.1 of Decree 146/2018: the citizen ID card substitutes a photo BHYT card, while a level-2 e-ID document (Decree 59/2022) supplements a photo-less card.
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Bridged Law 51/2024 enforcement in H1 2025; repealed old Form 5 (follow-up slip) and Form 6 (referral letter).
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The special-forces branch parallel to civilian BHYT — NOT superseded by Decree 188/2025 (still cross-referenced as applicable); read consolidated with Decree 74/2025.
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Replaces Decree 30/2016 — fund investment management; not directly related to care benefits or claims.
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Special-forces BHYT card, paired with Decree 70/2015. Not to be confused with Decision 1456/QĐ-BHXH (assessment process, replaced by 3618/QĐ-BHXH).
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Replaces Decision 1313/QĐ-BHXH (2014); QR-coded card. The VNeID/VssID electronic card (Circular 09/2026/TT-BTC) is used in parallel with equal validity.
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The current BHYT drug benefit list (replacing Circulars 30/2018, 01/2020, 20/2020). The list annex still applies, read consolidated with Circular 37/2024.
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The third benefit-list chain (drugs — 20/2022; medical devices — 04/2017; technical services — 35/2016). Read consolidated with Circular 39/2024.
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Payment rules for costs outside the bed-day price structure (drugs, blood, infusion, oxygen…); requires BHYT care contracts from 01 Jan 2025.
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Consolidates Law 25/2008 with 7 amending laws (latest: Law 51/2024, effective 01 Jul 2025); replaces the 2014 consolidation. No longer the current reading — consolidation 40/VBHN-VPQH (16 Mar 2026) adds the Disease Prevention Law 114/2025.
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Consolidates Law 25/2008 with 8 amending laws — adds the Disease Prevention Law 114/2025 on top of consolidation 22/VBHN-VPQH. Article 44 of Law 114/2025 brings periodic health checks, screening, telehealth, home care and family medicine into the insured benefit scope (Article 21), adds Article 22 clause 5a (100% coverage for a free periodic check-up or screening visit) and replaces "island district" with "special zone".
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Consolidates Law 15/2023 with the Planning Law 112/2025 (effective 01 Mar 2026 — Article 55 public health facility network planning) and the Population Law 113/2025 (effective 01 Jul 2026 — adds a point to Article 35 clause 1 on licence revocation).
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Consolidates Law 105/2016 with Laws 28/2018, 44/2024 and the Planning Law 112/2025; Article 44 clause 3 of Law 114/2025 replaces epidemic-announcement wording in several articles. Canonical reading for prescribing (Article 74) and drug information/recall (Article 64).
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The current legal basis for BHYT service pricing: facility-specific prices approved per this methodology; Circular 22/2023 expired 01 Jan 2025 (Art. 11.2.c).
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The 2023–2024 pricing link (uniform prices by hospital rank) — kept for tracing pre-2025 claims.
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The BHYT care contract is the precondition for joining the claims flow; also governs direct reimbursement (patient-initiated) — a separate Claim branch.
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The founding document of gdbhyt.baohiemxahoi.gov.vn — the channel every HIS uses for XML submission and card lookup; current decree-level basis: Art. 71.1.c of Decree 188/2025 and Art. 2 of Circular 12/2026/TT-BTC.
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Amends Art. 9.1 of Circular 30/2020: three referral cases for paraclinical services with a 74-test annex; later touched by Circular 01/2025, Art. 13.2.
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The current basis for XML submission DEADLINES: Art. 6 submit right after each encounter; Art. 7 payment-request data within 7 working days, month/quarter-end data before the 5th — cited verbatim by Circular 12/2026/TT-BTC, Art. 9.1.
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Replaces Decree 59/2022 — the legal basis for VNeID level 1/2 accounts and e-ID; Decree 169/2025 moved system stewardship to the Ministry of Public Security; a Data-Law amendment draft is under consultation.
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The nationwide EMR plan under Directive 07/CT-TTg (target Sep 2025) — predecessor of Decisions 586 (2026) and 965 (2026-2030); its task of replacing Circular 46/2018 was fulfilled by Circular 13/2025.
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The final amendment in the 2016 Pharmacy Law implementing chain (Decrees 54/2017 and 155/2018) before Decree 163/2025 replaced it.
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The current registration regime under the 2016 Pharmacy Law and Law 44/2024: a new 12-digit registration number format with transition rules — the basis for the drug identity model.
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