Significant chances for Vietnam regardless of uncertain TPP

Although the future of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is still in question, opportunities for Vietnam are considerable, many experts, officials and entrepreneurs said at a consultation workshop in Hanoi on November 25. Vietnam has reviewed legal regulations in various fields recently to prepare for TPP. Though it is just an initial step, it is […]

FTA commitments open opportunity for Vietnam

(VOVworld)-Joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and signing a Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) will create an opportunity for Vietnam to bring its intellectual property rules in line with international standards. A Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement will have a significant impact on Vietnam’s economic and legal institutions, particularly regarding intellectual property. Director of the WTO and […]

Where the investment conditions stipulated under domestic legal documents are more open then those under international commitments, can investments, can investors enjoy the domestic provisions?

Under decree 108/2006/ND-CP dated 22/9/2006, Clause 2 Article 3 stipulated that: “Where Vietnamese laws are issued after Vietnam’s membership to International Treaties provide for more favourable treatments as compared to such International treaties, investors shall have the right to select whether to apply International Treaties or Vietnamese Law” Accordingly, if Vietnamese Law offers better than […]