The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in Vietnam caused many employers to close their businesses and lay off employees. As such, do the laid-off employees have the right of first refusal under local law when the Company reopens for business after Covid-19 containment? If so, is that under law or best practice? This question can…
In the current epidemic, many companies have had to close due to many senior employees have been transferred to other companies in Vietnam of the same owner. At this time, these employees are transferred to a workplace, which is different from the workplace in the employment contract signed between the employee and the employer. Thus,…
Currently, the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in Vietnam has caused many employers to close their businesses and lay off employees. Thus, when dismissing an employee, does the employer have to pay severance payments, payments in lieu of notice, etc., and/or any other types of payment will be due and payable to employees? Firstly, in…
(Vietnam) Currently, because of the outbreak of the disease, many companies are facing a lot of difficulties due to travel bans or employees suspected of being infected or positive for covid (nCOV) causing the company to stop operation. Faced with the above situation, the Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has issued…
The City People’s Committee has just issued Official Letter No. 3615/UBND-SXD dated June 14, 2021, guiding the implementation of Decree No. 49/2021/ND-CP dated April 1, 2021, of the Vietnam Government amending and supplementing some Article of Decree No. 100/2015/ND-CP dated October 20, 2015, of the Government on the development and management of social housing. Accordingly,…
Abstract Alongside the development of the franchise in Vietnam for the past 20 years, the legal frame regulating these activities has been established and improved day by day. Originated as the spine of the law on intellectual property in terms of the commercial law, the law on franchise and the law on intellectual property have…
The Ministry of Construction acknowledged that there is a mismatch between supply and demand because real estate businesses are most interested in investing in commercial housing projects at market prices. Voters of Ho Chi Minh City have just proposed that the Government soon issue a Resolution on the “Project for developing low-cost commercial housing” with…
The General Department of Taxation requires Tax Departments to propagate and disseminate information to taxpayers in their localities to hastily implement Decree No. 57/2021/ND-CP of the Government to remove difficulties for taxpayers in the current period. Recently, the General Department of Taxation issued Official Dispatch No. 6/CD-TCT on the implementation of Decree No. 57/2021/ND-CP of…
(Published on Vietnam Law Magazine). As one of the countries successful in the control of the Covid-19 pandemic, Vietnam is considered one of the safe environments for foreigners to consider their investment. Taking advantage of that opportunity, Vietnam has changed and improved its policies to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country, typically…
On the morning of June 22, at the National Assembly House, Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue, Politburo member, National Assembly Chairman, worked with the Institute for Legislative Studies. Here, the National Assembly Chairman emphasized that it is essential to overcome both trends leading to a reduction in the “life expectancy” of the law. Also attending the…