Scott Ikeda reports:
Vietnam’s draft of a new data protection law has sparked pushback from US tech companies, who have been eyeing the country as one of Asia’s leading growth markets.
The tech companies primarily object to what would be stringent international data transfer terms, and the ability of the government to demand that data be turned over in “the public interest.” Meta, Google and others have been considering new data center projects in the country, decisions that they say could now be influenced by what Vietnam’s government decides at the end of November.
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