Vietnam personal data protection penalties took effect on August 19, 2026. Decree No. 330/2026/ND-CP sets out both the fines and the corrective measures that follow when a company mishandles personal data or falls short of the cybersecurity rules. It is worth being clear about what the Decree does and does not do, because the distinction …
At first look, an unpaid invoice would mean the amount the debtor needs to pay. The company knows how much is owed, and it knows the date on which the money should have arrived, so it is assumed that working out the interest is simple. In practice, this is would go wrong. A sale between …
Vietnam has cut back the list of business activities that need special approval. Vietnam Resolution No. 66.17/2026/NQ-CP on Conditional Business Sectors took effect on July 1, 2026. It applies for a limited period, and a further revision of the list is expected. A company should check the list whenever it starts a new activity, adds …
From September 5, 2026, Vietnam bans the import of goods made wholly or partly with forced labor. The Vietnam forced labor import ban is a new entry on the country’s prohibited-import list, introduced by Decree No. 292/2026/ND-CP. The ban turns on how goods were made rather than what they are. For most importers, it is …
Law No. 11/2026/QH16 amending the Customs Law was passed on August 23, 2026 and takes effect on March 1, 2027. Vietnam Customs Law 2026 does more than move customs procedures further online. It makes connected data, compliance history and clear responsibility more important in customs administration. It also expressly brings cross-border e-commerce into the Customs …
Vietnam has updated its penalties for labor, social insurance and foreign-worker violations. The new rules come from Vietnam Decree No. 283/2026/ND-CP on Labor and Social Insurance Penalties, which will take effect on September 10, 2026 and replaced Decree No. 12/2022/ND-CP. Management should check that the company records match the people actually working at each site. …
A divorce granted abroad may end the marriage under the law of the country where it was decided. That alone does not update the Vietnamese civil-status record. A Vietnamese citizen may therefore hold a final foreign divorce while Vietnam still shows the earlier marriage as the latest recorded event. Problems often appear when the person …
Vietnam does not issue one universal document called a Vietnam divorce certificate. For a marriage registered in Vietnam, proof of divorce in Vietnam may be a legally effective court judgment, a decision recognizing consensual divorce, or a civil-status extract showing the recorded change. If a foreign authority later dissolved that marriage, Vietnam’s foreign-divorce recording procedure …
Vietnamese families increasingly have civil status records created in more than one country for instance, a child may be born overseas, a Vietnamese citizen may marry while working or living abroad, a divorce may be granted by a foreign court, a family may also need to deal in Vietnam with the death of a relative …
The limitation period for contract claims in Vietnam is not always one fixed deadline. It may depend on whether a claim is commercial or civil, whether it goes to court or arbitration, and whether specialized law applies. Different invoices, deliveries, breaches and remedies may have different starting dates. A demand letter or negotiation may continue …
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