SET UP AND INVEST
Starting a business in Vietnam
Plan the entity, licenses, funding and practical steps needed before launch.
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Brief Reminder of Time Schedule to Apply PCT Application into Vietnam
Time Schedule to Apply PCT Application into Vietnam According to Vietnam Law on Intellectual property, a PCT applicant who would like to go into Vietnamese phase after the end of procedures need to submit the PCT application within the following duration: If an international application designates Vietnam, the National Office of Intellectual Property in Vietnam …
Regulation On Imposing Anti-Dumping Duty under Vietnam Laws
Imposition of anti-dumping measure includes imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty and official anti-dumping duty. According to Law on export and import duties 2016, anti-dumping duty means an additional import duty imposed upon dumped imports in Vietnam that cause or threaten to cause considerable damage to domestic manufacturing or prevent the formation of domestic manufacturing. The …
Distinguish Assignment of Industrial Property Rights And the Licensing of Industrial Property Rights
According to Law on Intellectual Property in Vietnam, industrial property rights means rights of an organization or individual to inventions, industrial designs, designs of semi-conducting closed circuits, trademarks, trade names and geographical indications, trade secrets which such organization or individual created or owns, and the right to prevent unfair competition. Accordingly, these rights may be transferred to …
Regulations on Pay to Employees Working During Lunar New Year Holiday
Under the provisions of Article 106.1 of the Labor Code 2012, overtime is a period of work outside normal working hours prescribed by law or according to a labor agreement or regulation. Depending on the needs and agreement of the two parties, the enterprise may request employees to work overtime during lunar new year (Tet) …
Vietnam and Japan Signed 12 Cooperation Agreements
The Secretary General of Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, the President of Japan – Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Union- Nikai Toshihiro, on January 12th, 2020 met with the Vietnam’s Prime Minister- Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hoi An to discuss economic, cultural and tourist exchange topics. At the meeting, the representative of Vietnam welcomed the Japanese …
Danang city Meeting the First Korean Consul General in Central Region
On December 16th, 2019, Danang City held a meeting with the new Korean Consul General Mr. Ahn Min Sik, the first Korean consul general in Central Region of Vietnam. Currently, Danang is a city that attracts a large number of Korean people to travel, live and invest to set up company. Therefore, the establishment of …
How to Protect Business Secrets through Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
Why the Company Should Engage Trade Secret Lawyers in Vietnam for Advice? Are you worried that your organization’s business secrets could be exposed? Trade secret could be clients’ data, business processes, financial situations… anything that is not known to public but such information could give your company competitive edge. In business or production process, individual …
Danang city Builds the Business Relationship with Tochigi Province of Japan
On December 19th, 2019, the representative of Danang city met the president of Tochigi province, lead by Mr. Fukuda Tomikazu paying a working visit in Danang. At the moment, Japan is the top of country which invest in Danang. Danang is receiving more than 130 investment projects and the total of investment capital is 800 …
How to Import and Trade Medical Device?
In the recent years, there has been growing demand for health related services in Vietnam as the economy grow and average income rise. Hence, the need for import and trade medical device also increase to catch up. Because medical device is closely related to the human’s health, not only in Vietnam, the import and trade …
Danang city Expands the Cooperation with Italia
On December 17th, 2019, the representative of Danang city met Mr. Dante Brandi the General ambassador of Italia paying a working visit to Danang. In 2019, the export turnover to Italy is estimated at US $ 4.6 million, import turnover from Italy is estimated at US $ 4.1 million. Main export products are textiles, aquatic …