On July 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) announced the initiation of the second administrative review of anti-dumping duties on honey from Vietnam. The review period covers June 1, 2023, to May 31, 2024. On May 14, 2021, the DOC initiated an anti-dumping investigation on Vietnamese honey. The preliminary findings concluded with anti-dumping…
The Third Party Funding (TPF) regime in commercial arbitration is becoming an important and increasingly relevant factor in the global commercial dispute resolution arena. TPF allows a disputing party to receive funding from a third party, who is not directly involved in the dispute, to cover legal expenses and other arbitration-related costs. This provides an…
In today’s globalized economy, protecting intellectual property rights plays a crucial role in the sustainable development of businesses. In Vietnam, as the market continues to expand and competition intensifies, proactively registering trademarks has become one of the key strategies to safeguard a company’s intangible assets. Vietnam trademark registration not only helps businesses establish legal ownership…
As Vietnam’s economy continues to grow and integrate deeply into the global economy, labor disputes have become more common and complex. Resolving these disputes requires not only a thorough understanding of the law but also solid and reliable evidence. However, in practice, disputing parties may not always be able to fully gather and present the…
With the increasing demand for M&A transactions in Vietnam to meet companies’ goals of expanding into new areas or restructuring, there is a corresponding rise in the need for professional legal due diligence in Vietnam (LDD) for target projects and companies. The nature of M&A transactions has become more flexible and complex, especially as Vietnam…
Vietnam, with its rapidly developing economy and potential-filled real estate market, has become an attractive destination for foreign investors. However, under current regulations, foreign investors do not have full ownership rights over real estate assets like Vietnamese citizens do, leading to a bottleneck in foreign investment flows into the Vietnamese market. Complex legal regulations, ownership…
On July 30, 2024, the Trade Remedies Authority received information that the European Commission (EC) has received a complete and valid application requesting an investigation into the application of anti-dumping measures on non-alloy or alloy hot rolled steel products imported from Vietnam. In the event of initiating an investigation, the EC will send relevant parties…
On July 26, 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam issued Decision No. 1985/QĐ-BCT regarding the investigation of anti-dumping measures on certain hot-rolled steel products from India and China. On March 19, 2024, the Trade Remedies Authority received a request to investigate the application of anti-dumping measures on hot-rolled steel products originating from…
On July 23, 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Decision No. 1945/QD-BCT on the end-of-term review investigation of anti-dumping measures applied to certain plastic products made from propylene polymers originating from Malaysia, Thailand, and China (Case No.: ER01.AD07). The plastic products made from propylene polymers under investigation are classified under HS codes 3920.20.10…
On July 23, 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Decision No. 1947/QD-BCT regarding the end-of-term review of anti-dumping measures applied to certain MSG (monosodium glutamate) products from Indonesia and China classified under HS code 2922.42.20 (Case No.: ER01.AD09). On July 22, 2020, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam issued Decision No….