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Starting a business in Vietnam
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Enforce a Foreign Arbitral Award in Vietnam: 7 Checks Before Filing
Winning an arbitration does not by itself recover money in Vietnam. To enforce a foreign arbitral award in Vietnam, the award creditor normally needs a Vietnamese court to recognize the award first, before the civil judgment enforcement system can act against assets here. The commercial risk is a filing that succeeds on paper but arrives …
Birth Re-Registration in Vietnam: Requirements When the Original Record Is Lost
Birth re-registration in Vietnam is an exceptional route for a birth that was registered with a competent Vietnamese authority before January 1, 2016, but where both the civil-status register and the original civil-status document have been lost. Losing the paper birth certificate alone is not enough. The first task is to determine whether an official …
Birth Registration in Vietnam With a Foreign Parent: Documents and Current Procedure
Birth registration in Vietnam with a foreign parent is an initial civil-status procedure that creates the child’s Vietnamese birth record. The current domestic starting authority is generally the competent commune-level People’s Committee connected to the residence of the father or mother. The filing should be built around reliable proof of the birth, consistent parent information, …
Taiwan Anti-Dumping Investigation on Cold-Rolled Stainless Steel from Vietnam
On August 14, 2026, Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance opened an anti-dumping investigation into certain cold-rolled, flat-rolled stainless steel products imported from Vietnam. The official initiation notice issued by Taiwan’s Customs Administration identifies the product scope, the known producers and exporters, the investigation procedure and the initial filing requirements. No anti-dumping duty has yet been imposed. …
Vietnam Decree No. 314/2026/ND-CP on Data Exchange Transactions: FDI Impact
Decree 314 /2026/ND-CP, effective from September 25, 2026, establishes rules for listing, testing, contracting, delivering, and maintaining traceability for data, data products, and data services on regulated data exchanges. It reflects Vietnam’s move toward enabling the controlled commercial use of data and helps create a more consistent framework for verifying lawful origin, confirming transaction rights, …
Vietnam Birth Certificate Extract: 7 Requirements for Retrieval From Abroad
A Vietnam birth certificate extract can usually be requested when the birth was registered and the official record can still be found, even if the original paper certificate has been lost for many years. For a person living abroad, the real decision is how to identify the historical record, connect it to the person’s current …
Evidence for Contract Disputes in Vietnam: Can Your Company Prove Its Case?
Reading collection: Resolve business disputes in Vietnam Dispute Resolution · Email our team Evidence for contract disputes in Vietnam should show whether the company can prove the core of its position. Before sending a demand letter, suspending performance, terminating a contract or commencing proceedings, foreign management should know what the records support, what they contradict …
Foreign Subcontractors in Vietnam Construction Projects: 7 Risks Main Contractors Should Control
For a main contractor or EPC contractor, using foreign subcontractors in Vietnam construction projects can bring specialist expertise and extra project capacity, but it also creates downstream risks that can return to the main contractor. The key management question is not simply whether work can be subcontracted. It is whether the subcontractor’s legal status, people, …
Customs Law in Vietnam: A Management Control Framework
Customs law in Vietnam is the system of rules and operating controls governing how goods, product data, value, origin, duties and supporting records move through import, export and post-clearance review. For importers, exporters and foreign-invested manufacturers, the management issue extends beyond the information entered in a declaration because inconsistent commercial, technical, accounting or production records …
Vietnam Civil Status Records: Birth, Marriage, Divorce & Death
Vietnam civil status records provide official evidence of major personal-status events, including birth, marriage and death, while proof of divorce may depend on a court judgment, decision or later civil-status entry. The first task is to identify which Vietnamese record or document proves the fact required by the receiving authority. A lost paper certificate, a …