This guide explains how to set up representative office in Vietnam in 2026. It covers the full licensing process, required documents, post licensing procedures, realistic timelines, costs, and ongoing compliance obligations. Foreign companies looking for a low risk market entry into Vietnam will find a clear, actionable roadmap from preparation to full operation. Why Vietnam …
Vietnam’s digital economy is moving faster than many investors expected. Online retail is expanding beyond major cities. Cross-border platforms are gaining Vietnamese users. International startups are watching closely. But here is the reality, to start an e-commerce business in Vietnam from 2026 is no longer just a technical launch decision. It is a structural decision. It …
Vietnam’s M&A market continues to mature. Private equity, strategic investors, and regional conglomerates are increasingly active across manufacturing, logistics, technology, and consumer sectors. Yet alongside deal growth, equity transfer disputes are appearing with greater frequency in both court judgments and arbitration proceedings. For investors and general counsels, the pattern is not accidental. Most equity transfer …
E-Commerce Law 2025 marks a structural shift in how online commerce is regulated. The E-Commerce Law, adopted by the National Assembly in 2025 and effective from July 1st, 2026, replaces earlier decree-based regulation and establishes a unified statutory framework for digital commerce. For foreign startups, marketplace operators, and cross-border sellers, the key issue is not …
Moving Fast: The New Vietnam’s Legal Question? Vietnam’s business environment has entered a different phase. Many new laws and rules are coming into play. The country is moving from a cost-driven growth model to a more rules based, globally integrated economy. Regulatory institutions are being refined. Compliance expectations are rising. Cross-border scrutiny through trade, tax, …
Vietnam Civil Judgment Enforcement Law The Civil Judgment Enforcement Law 2025 bring a positive change, with hope to improve the effectiveness of Vietnam dispute resolution mechanism. For businesses, the Civil Judgment Enforcement Law 2025 plays an important role because a judgment or arbitral decision is only as valuable as its enforceability. When enforcement is clearer …
Introduction Vietnam Intellectual Property Law amendments have long been expected. Why? For sometime, we have seen clients’ feedback on the delay of the procedures i.e. registration of IP rights, refusal to possible IP violations. Many times, we come across clients feeling hopeless seeking solutions to enforcement of violations of IP rights. Now, it seems Vietnam …
Trade disputes between countries used to feel like politics but that lead to many issues to be felt by companies, by consumers i.e. price changes, duty changes, blocked shipments, and sudden compliance costs. When that happens, the WTO dispute settlement mechanism is one of the few global systems designed to turn trade conflict back into …
The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) has officially announced the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation concerning truck tires originating from Thailand and Vietnam. The decision follows a determination by the Domestic Market Protection Department of the EAEU Economic Commission that the sharp increase in tire imports could cause significant harm to the Union’s domestic manufacturing industry. …
Introduction India has announced the imposition of anti-dumping duties for a period of five years on certain hot-rolled steel products originating in or exported from Vietnam. On November 13th, 2025, the Ministry of Finance of India confirmed that the measure aims to protect domestic steel producers from injury caused by unfairly priced imports. The decision …
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