Conference on Legal Knowledge Training and Addressing Difficulties in Commercial Arbitration of the Ministry of Justice in Hanoi
Dec 13, 2024On October 18th, 2024, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Justice hosted the Conference on Legal Knowledge Training and Addressing Difficulties in Commercial Arbitration. The Conference aimed to enhance legal knowledge on dispute resolution through commercial arbitration for legal professionals such as arbitrators and lawyers, as well as law students in Hanoi.
Appointment of Assoc. Prof. Dr, Arbitrator Nguyen Ba Binh as the Vice Rector of Hanoi Law University
Nov 20, 2024On October 10, 2024, the Hanoi Law University (HLU) appointed Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Ba Binh, Head of the International Trade Law Department as the new Vice Rector for the 2024-2029 term.
Assoc. Prof. Dr., Arbitrator Tran Van Nam has been awarded the title of “Meritorious Teacher”
Nov 20, 2024Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Van Nam, former Dean of the Faculty of Law at the National Economics University, Arbitrator at the Vietnam International Arbitration Center (VIAC), and Mediator at the Vietnam Mediation Center (VMC), has been awarded the title of “Meritorious Teacher” pursuant to Decision No. 1582/QD-CTN by President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on December 25th, 2023.
VIAC Arbitrator Luu Tien Dzung has published Case Law of Vietnam – Analyses and Commentaries - Book II
Feb 26, 2024Following the first volume of the book titled "Case Law of Vietnam - Analyses and Commentaries" (covering case laws from number 01 to number 43), in early 2024, Dr. Luu Tien Dzung, continued to compile and publish the second volume. This volume provides analyses and commentaries on case law ranging from number 44 to number 70.
Vietnam’s new PPP law bets on water investment
Jun 01, 2023Vietnam’s National Assembly approved the country’s new public-private partnership (PPP) law on 18 June, raising hopes that government PPPs in the country’s water and wastewater sector could fìnally be approaching a breakthrough. The new law, which has been in the works for over a year since a draft was released in May 2019, and which will come into force at the beginning of 2021, includes a guarantee for revenue risk-sharing that has thus far been missing from Vietnam’s PPP framework. The country will require significant private investment to keep up with investment needs, and has outlined multiple big PPPs including wastewater treatment plants in Ho Chi Minh City. Foreign investors have, however, remained cautious.
Vietnamese big businesses' leading role in national economic growth
Jan 04, 2023The business community has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past two years. Big businesses suffered great damage, but even during the most difficult period, they supported the government’s pandemic prevention and control efforts, contributing to macro-economic stability and growth.
Public investment engine of growth for 2023
Jan 04, 2023Total public investment to be delivered in 2023 is expected to top VNĐ730 trillion ($31 billion), higher than the realised figure of VNĐ540 trillion in 2022.
M&A Risk in Vietnam – Can share deals and asset deals be used interchangeably?
Jun 21, 2022In a typical M&A operation, shares or assets of the target company may be assigned from the seller to the buyer. In a share deal, the buyer’s aim is to become one of the owners or the new owner of the target company by acquiring part or the whole of its equity capital.
Legal value of text in commercial transactions
July 12, 2021In many cases, a document signed by an unauthorized person is still legally valid and binding the parties, but on what basis for us to know so? The following dispute resolved at an arbitration center shows the necessary precautions to be protected by the provisions of laws regulations and, even if the documents cannot be completed as usual or due to a lack of goodwill by one party in providing proper documents.