Digital Policy & Regulation
กฎหมายดิจิทัลเวียดนาม หรือไทยจะถูกทิ้งไว้ข้างหลัง?
Summary
Vietnam passed a single statute covering AI, cryptocurrency and startups together, with a target of 150,000 technology companies in ten years.
The stated ambition is to move from Made in Vietnam to Tech by Vietnam.
Thailand has plenty of digital law, but oriented to control rather than promotion — and over 80% of its startups incorporate in Singapore.
Key points
One statute is not the same as many stacked
Legal clarity is a cost founders actually compute before deciding where to incorporate.
Promotion and control produce different outcomes
A law that starts from risk containment ends somewhere different from one that starts from building.
80% is the figure that should alarm
Companies founded by Thais, with the revenue, tax and employment somewhere else.
The relocation has already happened
This is not a future risk. The cost accrues every year it goes unaddressed.