The dispute surrounding the ST25 rice brand – a specialty of Soc Trang province, Vietnam has continued to raise awareness over the weaknesses in the competitiveness of the majority of Vietnamese enterprises nowadays. The dispute happened because the enterprise responsible for producing the rice doesn’t pay attention to the protection of their brand. They didn’t…
April 20, 2021, The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) initiated an anti-dumping investigation against cement products originated from Vietnam. – The plaintiff: Cemex Philippines Corp., Holcim Philippines Inc., and Republic Cement Builders and Building Materials Inc. – Investigated products: Cement classified under the AHTN (Asean harmonized tariff nomenclature) codes 2523.2990 and 2523.9000. – Content: The period of…
Recently, A Vietnam Labor Law Conference 2021 just took place in Ho Chi Minh City. The conference has attracted the attention of many renowned individuals such as HR directors, internal lawyers, and lawyers of a law consulting firm specializing in Labor Law. Following the topic of the event “Labor law in the industrial era 4.0”,…
Before officially establishing an employment relationship through an employment contract, the employer and the employee will usually agree on a trial job. But the question is that is the probationary agreement required to be made into a written contract? Is probation required a signed contract? Clause 1, Article 24 of the Labor Code 2019 regarding…
According to businesses, the current 2013 Land Law reveals many overlapping and inconsistent contents with the laws that make it difficult for them to develop real estate projects. The Government Office has just announced the conclusion of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a recent conference on the performance of assigned tasks of the Ministry…
From the effective date of Circular No. 01/2021/TT-BKHDT (May 1, 2021), the forms in the enterprise registration application specified in the appendix issued together with Circular No. 01/2021/TT-BKHDT is hereby applied nationwide. According to Mr. Huynh Van Toan (HCMC), Decree No. 122/2020/ND-CP dated October 15, 2020, of the Government, stipulates the coordination of the procedures…
Enterprises are proposing that instead of requiring an electricity operating license to receive a tax refund, energy projects will be refunded VAT as soon as they have signed electricity sale contracts. The Energy Association has just sent a document calling for help to the Prime Minister about the fact that many businesses investing in the…
Protecting intellectual property rights is a very important key when operating abroad. OECD research shows that SMEs with intellectual property rights generate 68% more revenue per employee than SMEs that do not own any intellectual property. Southeast Asia is a promising destination for the European Union’s (EU) small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), thanks to open-door…
Real estate in Vietnam is one of the fields that many foreign investors are interested in. However, this activity is being restricted by many current laws. There are two business activities that foreign investors are not allowed to do while domestic investors are still able to do so. First, foreign investors are not allowed to…
(Published on Vietnam Investment Review). In recent years, Vietnam has been actively improving investment policies as well as enhancing the legal framework for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities. The following article shall point out keys to M&A attraction in Vietnam. Besides, it is also one of the countries that have been able to control the COVID-19…
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