Trade Names: Definition and Conditions for Legal Protection

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 […]

COMPLIANCE WITH DECREE 13 (PDPD)

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 […]

ESG REPORTING (ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE)

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 […]

M&A OF PRE-COD RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS

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, […]

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