If successful, Vietnam would join Japan and a handful of other countries that have explicitly legalized bitcoin and digital currency transactions
"Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has authorized the formulation of a plan that could result in the legalization of digital currencies by next year, reportedly ordered the country’s central bank, ministry of finance and the ministry of public safety to study and draft the legal framework."
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-26/vietnam-plans-legalize-bitcoin-2018
Good for Vietnam, and great news for Bitcoin. Bitcoin and blockchain technology is unstoppable. The more people use it, the more resilient it becomes.