Vietnam

Vietnam's post-quantum work is led by the Government Cipher Committee, the national cryptographic agency, which is developing its own quantum-resistant cryptography rather than adopting a foreign standard suite. On 9 February 2026 the Committee launched VN-PQSign, a domestically developed hash-based post-quantum digital signature algorithm, presented a draft Vietnamese national standard (TCVN) for it, and opened a joint Advanced Cryptography Research Lab with the Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics. The Committee has been tasked with building Vietnam's quantum-resistant cryptography development plan for the 2026 to 2030 period, and plans to standardise VN-PQSign nationally while developing lattice-based signature and key-establishment algorithms toward national standardisation. The work remains an indigenous research and standardisation effort, and no binding post-quantum regulation has been captured in the corpus.

Governance credibility

Governance credibility scores for Vietnam, each out of two. Hover or focus a row to highlight its axis.

Criterion	Score	Confidence
Relevance	1.5 / 2	Low
Coherence	1.5 / 2	Low
Effectiveness	1.0 / 2	Low
Efficiency	0.0 / 2	Low
Governance	2.0 / 2	Low
Impact	2.0 / 2	Low

Regulatory basis

• Law on Cipher 2011 (Law No. 05/2011/QH13) national Binding law
• Law on Cybersecurity 2025 (Law No. 116/2025/QH15), in force 1 July 2026 national Binding law
• Government Cipher Committee post-quantum research programme and VN-PQSign indigenous signature work national Guidance

Legal status: No instrument

Binding law governs Vietnam's cryptographic posture: the Law on Cipher 2011 establishes the Government Cipher Committee as the national cryptographic agency, and the Law on Cybersecurity 2025 sets cryptographic protection duties for critical information infrastructure operators from 1 July 2026. Neither instrument mandates post-quantum cryptography specifically. Vietnam's PQC work is indigenous research led by the Government Cipher Committee, including the domestic VN-PQSign signature scheme and proposed national quantum-resistant standards, which remains developmental and advisory rather than a mandated national suite.

Standards and algorithms

Standard families

TCVN (Vietnamese national standard; draft standard for VN-PQSign)

Algorithms

VN-PQSign (indigenous hash-based post-quantum digital signature)

Hybrid stance

None stated

Migration timeline

today

2026

2026

2030

20252036

1. 2026VN-PQSign hash-based post-quantum signature launched (9 Feb 2026); draft TCVN national standard presented and joint Advanced Cryptography Research Lab opened
2. 2026Government Cipher Committee tasked with building Vietnam's quantum-resistant cryptography development plan for 2026 to 2030
3. 2030End of the 2026 to 2030 quantum-resistant cryptography development plan period

Target completion: None stated

Governmental and standards bodies

• Ban Cơ yếu Chính phủ (Government Cipher Committee) National cryptographic agency directing post-quantum research, developing VN-PQSign and proposing national quantum-resistant standards
• Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics Joint partner with the Government Cipher Committee in the Advanced Cryptography Research Lab launched February 2026

Key institutional documents

• Ensuring national cybersecurity in the era of AI and quantum: challenges and proposed solutions for Vietnam Ban Cơ yếu Chính phủ (Government Cipher Committee) · T1
• New advance in post-quantum encryption Ban Cơ yếu Chính phủ (Government Cipher Committee) · 2026 · T1
• Workshop introducing the Government Cipher Committee's VN-PQSign quantum-resistant digital signature algorithm and launch of the Advanced Cryptography Research Lab Ban Cơ yếu Chính phủ (Government Cipher Committee) · 2026 · T1
• Continuing in-depth research in the field of quantum cryptography Ban Cơ yếu Chính phủ (Government Cipher Committee) · T4
• Development of hash-based quantum-resistant digital signature schemes Ban Cơ yếu Chính phủ (Government Cipher Committee) · T4

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