Decree No. 08/2023/ND-CP (“Decree No. 08”) newly issued by the Government of Vietnam on March 5, 2023 amending, supplementing and suspending the implementation of a number of articles in Decrees stipulating private offering and trading of corporate bonds in the domestic market and the offering for sale of corporate bonds in the international market. Decree…
ASL Law and Johnson Winter Slattery jointly organized a workshop on managing risk related to international trade among Vietnam, the United States, Australia, the EU, and other countries in Ho Chi Minh City. The workshop aimed to facilitate professional networking and provide a platform for discussing the risks inherent in conducting international trade in these…
(Published on Vietnam Investment Review) Online game developers in Vietnam are facing many legal problems related to their activities. The first legal problem is that the current regulations on licensing procedures for online games are often complicated and lengthy. In Vietnam, game developers need to have an operating license issued by the authorities. Depending on…
Article 24 of the Investment Law 2020 stipulates that investors have the right to contribute capital, buy shares, and purchase capital contributions from economic organizations. Accordingly, the activities of capital contribution, share purchase, and capital contribution purchase of economic organizations by foreign investors must fully satisfy the conditions listed below. According to the above regulations…
Seasonal labor contract is a term sometimes used, applied in documents, news, press information in the private sector. So, what is a seasonal labor contract under Vietnamese law? The current regulations in the Labor Code 2019 do not have a term or regulations for a seasonal labor contract or a work-specific contract. This is because…
The fact that enterprises are slow to pay and avoid paying social insurance premiums in Vietnam is still very common in society, seriously affecting the interests of employees, especially on social security issues. In many cases, employees are not allowed to receive pensions or settle other regimes such as unemployment insurance, sickness benefit allowance, etc….
Labor contract, a popular concept in Vietnam, is the most important factor verifying the labor relationship between the employee and the employer. On the other hand, the concept of a working contract is a factor that confuses many workers, often mistakenly equating it as one. So, what is the difference between a working contract and…
The Draft Decree amending and supplementing Decree No. 65 contains proposed provisions on the payment of bond principal and interest by enterprises with other assets (Supplement point d, clause 3 of Decree No. 65). This proposal has been approved, detailed in Decree No. 08/2023/ND-CP amending and supplementing Clause 3, Article 34 of Decree No. 153/2020/ND-CP….
On February 24, 2023, Mexico made a final ruling for the anti-dumping investigation of galvanised steel from Vietnam, in which many import duties for Vietnamese production companies are reduced compared to the preliminary decision. According to information of the Department of Trade Remedies of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, Vietnam and Mexico…
On March 1, 2023, the Department of Trade Remedies, Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam issued Notice No. 06/TB-PVTM on receiving the application for the exemption of trade remedies measures in March 2023 pursuant to Point c, Clause 1, Article 16 of Circular No. 37/2019/TT-BCT dated November 29, 2019 of the Ministry of Industry…