Pros of sandbox regulation for fintech

The activities of P2P lending and blockchain are currently not governed by any regulations in the Vietnamese legal system. In practice, fintech companies operating P2P lending or blockchain platforms are only obliged to obtain an enterprise registration certificate. 

Vietnam: Infrastructure Criteria For Sustainable Infrastructure Development And Rapid Growth – How The CPTPP And The EUVN Free Trade Agreement And Investment Protection Agreement Can Contribute

Most infrastructure investment has been through PPP agreements. PPP is the cornerstone for infrastructure development and has been utilized in the past in Vietnam with varying degrees of success. Those agreements were often legally cumbersome and were put together largely on faith that both the government and investor would live up to their end of the agreement. 

Many FDI firms choose commercial arbitration in resolving disputes

Mr. Phan Trong Dat, Deputy Secretary General of the Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (VIAC) said at a recent seminar that the rate of disputes in Vietnam has increased in the last three years with over a half of commercial arbitration cases at VIAC being resolved in foreign languages (mainly English). ​

EU-Vietnam pact to deliver trade and investment bonanzas

The EVFTA was split into two separate agreements in June 2018, one on trade and one on investment. The deals, signed in Hanoi last Sunday after nine years of negotiations, are the first comprehensive and ambitious trade and investment agreement that the EU has ever concluded with a developing country. It is the second agreement in the ASEAN region after Singapore.

[Hanoi] IBA-APAG International Arbitration Day 2017: Introduction of the IBA Soft Laws Conference

Concerns raised over largest infrastructure project in Vietnam

MPI filed a report to Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on the railway project, showing its approval for the lower-cost option instead of the MoT plan.

European firms seek to speed up EVFTA approval

EuroCham representatives attended two hearings at the European Parliament in late 2018 to share the positive steps that Vietnam has taken to prepare for the trade pact, Audier said.

[HCMC] Promoting Investment among APEC Economies Conference

Message from the Secretary General 2018

In 2018, towards the 25 th  anniversary (28 April 1993 – 28 April 2018), VIAC will keep striving; deserves to be a reliable address and the prioritized selection in any case of disputes. We believe with the solid foundation as well as our determination, VIAC will have a successful new year.