Vietnam: Legal risks from new investment channels

Vietnam: Legal risks from new investment channels

E-commerce is flourishing while new investment channels are blooming and becoming more attractive to investors. However, Pham Duy Khuong, managing director of ASL Law warns investors of the risks and consequences of emerging investment channels including Forex. The forex market is a decentralised global market for the trading of currencies, with the nature of forex…

Vietnam M&A Forum 2020: highlights of M&A opportunities in new normal

Vietnam M&A Forum: highlights of M&A opportunities in new normal

Lawyer Pham Duy Khuong of ASL LAW joined the first session of the Vietnam M&A Forum 2020 with other lawyers and experts sharing their thoughts about the opportunities and challenges of Vietnam’s M&A market in the new normal. Phan Duc Hieu, deputy head, Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) One factor driving M&A activities is…

The problem of renewable energy in developing countries

Vấn đề năng lượng tái tạo ở những nước đang phát triển

In order to transform the world energy industry into a clean energy economy, renewable energy technologies must be provided globally. However, globalize clean energy sources is not an easy target to reach. A recent obstacle of this industry is the barrier of the intellectual property system which makes access to clean energy in developing countries…

Vietnam franchise models developing rapidly with various legal risks

Vietnam franchise models developing rapidly with various legal risks

The rapidly increasing number of franchisees in many sectors will go against the core principle of a standard franchise model. This issue causes many legal risks to the development of franchise in Vietnam. With the development of e-commerce, new investment channels have appeared. They are becoming more diverse and more attractive to investors when traditional…

Vietnam investigates anti-dumping toward sugar imported from Thailand

Thailand surgar_Vietnam investigates anti-dumping toward sugar imported from Thailand

At 21th September 2020, the Ministry of Industry and Trade announced to initiate an investigation for applying anti-dumping countervailing measures against some sugar goods imported from Thailand. According to the regulations of Law on Foreign Trade Management, 21th September 2020, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has enacted the Decision No. 2466/QĐ-BTC about the investigation…

Vietnam Border Control On Intellectual Property In The New Situation: Advantages, Difficulties And Challenges

Vietnam Border Control On Intellectual Property In The New Situation: Advantages, Difficulties And Challenges

Since the Law on Intellectual Property was enacted in 2005, border controlling measures on intellectual property have always been considered an effective measure to deal with goods exporting and importing activities infringing upon intellectual property rights, which aims to enforce the protection and ensure the effectiveness of intellectual property rights protecting activities according to international…

Investigation on anti-dumping of cold-rolled stainless steel products from Vietnam by Malaysia

Investigation on anti-dumping of cold-rolled stainless steel products from Vietnam by Malaysia

July 28, 2020, Malaysia’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) initiated an anti-dumping investigation against cold-rolled stainless steel products originated from Vietnam and Indonesia. – The plaintiff: Bahru Stainless Sdn. Bhd. – Investigated products: Cold-rolled stainless steel in coils, sheets or other forms, classified under HS. Codes and AHTN: 7219.31.00.00, 7219.32.00.00, 7219.33.00.00, 7219.34.00.00, 7219.35.00.00;…

Investigation on anti-dumping of thermoplastic polymer products from Vietnam by Malaysia

Investigation on anti-dumping of thermoplastic polymer products from Vietnam by Malaysia

July 28 2020, Malaysia’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) initiated an anti-dumping investigation against some Polyethylene Terephthalate (known as PET, PETE or PETP or PET-P) originated from Vietnam, Chinas, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, and the United State. – The plaintiff: Recron (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. – Investigated product: Polyethylene Terephthalate, with the intrinsic viscidity of…

Notes For Preparing A Dossier For Notification Of Economic Concentration in Vietnam

Notes For Preparing A Dossier For Notification Of Economic Concentration in Vietnam

Economic concentration can be understood as follows: Business acquisition, business merger, joint venture between enterprises, business consolidation. Other forms of economic concentration as prescribed by law. When preparing an economic concentration dossier, the following should be noted: Identification the control or domination factor of an enterprise or its business line to determine economic concentration in…

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