ANT Lawyers resolves disputes in Vietnam, specializing in international trade, commercial, shareholder, real estate, IP, and maritime conflicts.
A breach of contract usually costs the company real money. The difficulty is that a court or an arbitral tribunal cannot work from that certainty. It needs a figure it can follow, step by step, from the contract to the breach, from the breach to the loss, and from the loss back to documents that …
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 …
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 …
A breach of contract demand letter in Vietnam should be an approved business position, not a summary of everything that went wrong. It must identify the correct parties and obligations, state material facts accurately, request a legally supportable outcome and preserve the company’s procedural and commercial options. It must also be distinguished from a contractual …
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 and what remains uncertain. A clear factual file strengthens negotiation and helps management …
To most managers’ surprise, an arbitration clause in Vietnam is one short paragraph in your contract, but it is also a separate agreement, independent from the contract itself. When a transaction goes wrong, that short paragraph decides where you bring the dispute, how long it takes, and whether you can collect the money you win. …
Foreign companies often believe they have a strong case against a Vietnamese counter-party. Yet they still lose contract disputes in Vietnam. They often realize too late that they lost not because the other side had better facts, but because the contract was never drafted with a real dispute in mind when the relationship began. In …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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