As business activities continue to expand and competition grows increasingly intense, establishing and safeguarding a company’s identifiers has become critically important. Among these identifiers, the trade name is a core element of a business’s commercial identity. It is protected as an industrial property object through lawful use. This legal update provides an overview of the […]
Lessons from Recent Corporate Inspections and the Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) Process Since Decree 13/2023/ND-CP on Personal Data Protection (PDPD) came into full effect on July 1, 2023, the “grace period” for enterprises has officially ended. Entering 2025, the Department of Cybersecurity and Hi-tech Crime Prevention (A05 – Ministry of Public Security) has intensified […]
The 2026 Transition: From Voluntary Disclosure to Mandatory Standardization As of December 2025, the Vietnamese stock market stands on the brink of a major regulatory shift. Circular 96/2020/TT-BTC, which served as the foundational guideline for information disclosure for the past five years, will officially expire on January 1, 2026. It will be replaced by a […]
Legal Risks Analysis: The “High Stakes Gamble” in the Post-PDP8 Era Acquiring renewable energy (RE) projects that have not yet reached their Commercial Operation Date (Pre-COD) in Vietnam is often likened to a high-stakes gamble. While the expected returns are high (due to low valuations during the development phase), the legal risks are exceptionally complex, […]
An enterprise has already established a company. Now, the enterprise wishes to operate under a “health care club” model. Does such a “club” need to comply with any specific legal form of organization? Context In current business practice, many enterprises choose to provide services in the form of a “health care club” to differentiate customer […]
In a credit contract dispute, Party A borrowed a sum of money from a Bank. To secure A’s loan, Parties B, C, D, and E provided guarantees using their separate land-use rights. A failed to fulfill the repayment obligation. The Bank filed a lawsuit requesting A to repay the loan, and if A fails to […]