A House Built After Marriage on the Husband’s Parents’ Land – Marital Property or Separate Property?

In practice, a common type of dispute in family and matrimonial cases concerns whether a house constructed during the marriage on land legally owned by the husband’s parents should be classified as marital property or separate property. This issue carries significant theoretical and practical implications, as it relates to the principles of distinguishing between joint […]

In a dispute over a credit contract, where the collateral is the right to use agricultural land that has expired as recorded in the Land Use Right Certificate, how does the Court handle the collateral?

In credit activities, land use rights are the most common form of collateral. However, agricultural land has a limited term of use (20 years, 50 years depending on purpose). As a result, many disputes arise regarding cases where the collateral is agricultural land whose term of use has expired as stated in the Land Use […]

In a civil case involving a land use right dispute with a request to annul a Land Use Right Certificate (LURC), or where the Court deems it necessary to annul a LURC, which Court has jurisdiction?

1. Legal Basis (a) Civil Procedure Code 2015 – Thus, when a request arises to annul a LURC (a type of individual administrative decision), jurisdiction falls within the scope of the Law on Administrative Procedure 2015. (b) Law on Administrative Procedure 2015 – Since LURCs are issued by district-level or provincial-level People’s Committees, jurisdiction over […]

Foreign spouses married abroad, holding temporary residence cards in Vietnam (valid for less than 2 years), jointly petition the Vietnamese Court for recognition of an uncontested divorce. Does the Vietnamese Court have jurisdiction in this case?

1. Relevant Legal Grounds (a) Law on Marriage and Family 2014 “Divorce between a Vietnamese citizen and a foreigner, or between foreigners who are permanently residing in Vietnam, shall be settled by a competent Vietnamese authority in accordance with this Law.” – Accordingly, Vietnamese courts only have jurisdiction over divorce between two foreigners if both […]

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