SET UP AND INVEST
Starting a business in Vietnam
Plan the entity, licenses, funding and practical steps needed before launch.
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Penalties on Working Without Work Permit in Vietnam
Vietnam has become an attractive destination for foreigner investors due to the impressive development of socio, economic in recent years. This is such a good opportunity for Vietnamese enterprises to get cooperation in business with foreign partners. To take advantage of the opportunities to be the pioneer and market share, many of them have demand …
Scope of Chapter 9 – Investment in CPTPP Agreement
CPTPP is a new-generation FTA covering many aspects in addition to the traditional areas such as trade of goods, services. Non-traditional areas such as labor, environment, intellectual property, etc. all have significant commitments and are specified in each chapter. Enterprises of state member must meet certain conditions applicable to each area to enjoy respective benefits. …
Legal consequences of the trademark with origin in Vietnam and designation EU registered under Madrid system after Brexit
After 47 years being a member of EU, UK officially left EU on January 31, 2020. This is an almost half of century relationship, thus, there would be a number of arising confusion as well as the issue which is in need of negotiation to complete the process including trademark registration with origin from Vietnam. …
When a Contract is Invalid Due to Non-compliance with Form?
Generally, contracts for sale and purchase of goods and service contract shall be expressed in verbal or written form or established with specific acts. For types of contract which must be made in writing provided by law, such contract must comply with such form regulation. Particularly, contract for international purchase and sale of goods shall …
What Rights Shareholder Holds in Joint Stock Company?
Shareholders are individual or organization that owns at least one share of the joint-stock company and also are owner of the joint-stock company. Along with these roles, their interests are tied to business operations although they may not directly manage the day-to-day company affairs. In order to implement governance, the powers and responsibilities of each …
How to Use Published Works Without Permission or Pay Royalties, Remuneration?
According to regulation of current Law on intellectual property, copyright means rights of an organization or individual to works created or owned by such organization or individual. Copyright to a work includes moral rights and property rights. If other organization or individual wishes to exploit, use a part or the whole of works, they shall …
What Are the Conditions for Initiating an Anti-dumping Case?
Anti-dumping measures as trade remedies are imposed to protect the domestic market against the unfair penetration and competition from foreign goods. GATT requires member countries to reduce tariffs as well as other non-tariff trade barriers on goods in general and to impose trade remedies in accordance with statutory conditions and procedures in particular. The investigating …
How Copyright Related Rights Are Regulated?
Copyright related rights (hereinafter referred to as related rights) means rights of an organization or individual to performances, audio and visual fixation, and broadcasts and satellite signals carrying coded programmers. Related rights shall arise at the moment of the above subject matters are fixed or displayed without causing loss or damage to copyright. Principally, related …
How Non-voting Depositary Receipt Work?
Decree No. 60/2015/ND-CP (Decree 60) amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 58/2012/ND-CP issued by the Government on May 26th, 2015 has lifted foreign ownership limit of the public enterprises (with conditions) and permitted enterprises operating in all sectors and areas without restriction on foreign ownership to self-set out limits of foreign …
How Violations of Fundamental Principles Causes Annulment of Arbitral Awards in Vietnam?
Arbitration award is final and binding upon the parties. The arbitral award takes effect from the date of its issuance and is not subject to appeal and protest which is a feature of dispute resolution through commercial arbitration. Therefore, the regulations on annulment of arbitral award should be carefully implemented to closely monitor these awards, …