On 16-17 June, 2020, the National Assembly has passed the new Law on Enterprises and the Law on Investment. The Article shall highlight major changes of the laws that shall come into force on 1 January, 2021. If you do business in Vietnam, you must aware these changes. With the increasingly dynamic economic integration…
On 21 May, 2020, the Department of Trade Remedies (Investigation Authority) received the dossiers of investigation of the imposition of anti-dumping measures on products of High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) originated from China and South Korea (dossiers), which is from representative companies for Domestic Industry (the Requester). On the basis of the examination of dossiers of…
Owing to effective control of COVID 19 pandemic as well as trade war between US and China, Vietnam is becoming one of the top countries for foreign direct investment. Therefore, foreign investors are establishing a company in Vietnam to do business in the country. The question is how to establish a company in Vietnam lawfully,…
Online counterfeiters use many measures to bypass state agencies, thus making it difficult to prevent counterfeiting from selling on Facebook, Youtube or social networking sites. Recently, in Vietnam, the problem of commercial fraud is “booming” on e-commerce websites or social networks. This was also reflected in the meeting on anti-fraud and counterfeiting goods on online…
On 13 May, 2020, the Ministry of Trade and Industry receives information about the Department of Commerce (DOC)’s receipt of dossiers of the investigation request of anti-dumping, countervailing measures on passenger vehicle and light truck tires (PVLT tires) originating from South Korea, Taiwan-China, Thailand and Vietnam. In this case, the Applicants, including the United Steel,…
Recently, Vietnam has been initiating 10 cases of an anti-dumping investigations against products imported from foreign countries like India, Malaysia, Thailand, China and others. It is expected that there shall be more cases in the next years. Therefore, it is significant to know about the process of anti-dumping investigation in Vietnam. I. The host institution: the…
The Vietnam Criminal Code 2015 which came in to effect from 01 January 2018 has significant amendments in terms of crimes related to the Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs). In regards of the IPRs, in comparison with the Criminal Code 1999 (which has been amended and supplemented by the law on amending and supplementing some articles of the Criminal…
At the end of the 1990s, franchise was still a strange concept to most people in Vietnam. There were no opportunities to enjoy or even see the products and services of the world’s well-known brands in Vietnam. KFC, McDonald, Starbucks and Lotteria were not familiar names for Vietnamese youth. However, this has changed. Now, you…
After nearly 01 year following the anti-dumping case of the Investigation and application of anti-dumping measures to some fiber products wooden or by other wood materials that made from the Kingdom of Thailand and Malaysia No. 940/QD-BCT April 16, 201 9, ASL LAW has finally succeeded in helping clients avoid anti-dumping measure (No duty). A summary…
On April 6, 2020, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Decision No. 1079 / QD-BCT investigating anti-dumping for long fibers made from polyester (also known as PFY or filament yarn) under HS codes: 5402.33. 00, 5402.46.00, 5402.47.00 are from the People’s Republic of China (China), the Republic of India, the Republic of Indonesia and…