To: Representative Offices of Foreign Traders in Vietnam Clause 1, Article 32 of Decree No. 07/2016/ND-CP dated 25 January, 2016 of the Government on detailing the Commercial Law regarding Representative Offices or Branches of foreign traders in Vietnam, stipulates the following: “Before 30 January of each year, Representative Offices and Branches are responsible for submitting […]

1. On December 30, 2023, the Government issued Decree 96/2023/ND-CP providing guidelines for the Medical Examination and Treatment Law of 2023. Decree 96/2023/ND-CP specifies detailed regulations of some articles of the Medical Examination and Treatment Law of 2023 on: Decree 96/2023/ND-CP does not apply to certain activities related to practitioners and medical examination and treatment […]

1. On December 31, 2023, the Government issued Decree 97/2023/ND-CP amending and supplementing Decree 81/2021/ND-CP on the mechanism for collecting and managing tuition fees for educational institutions under the national education system and policies on tuition fee exemptions, reductions, and support for study costs; service prices in the field of education and training. Specifically, the […]

On July 31, 2026, the State Bank of Vietnam officially issued Circular No. 38/2026/TT-NHNN, replacing Circular No. 06/2019/TT-NHNN; this document took effect on August 18, 2026. Circular 38/2026/TT-NHNN refines the legal framework for managing foreign investment capital flows and expands the scope of application to include member enterprises of the International Financial Center in Vietnam. […]

On August 21, 2026, the Minister of Finance issued Circular 121/2026/TT-BTC amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circular 68/2025/TT-BTC, which issued forms used for enterprise registration and business registration. Accordingly, the Appendix issued with Circular 121/2026/TT-BTC replaces certain forms used in enterprise registration, specifically as follows: Replacing Form No. 1 of Appendix I […]

On July 23, 2026, the Government issued Decree No. 296/2026/ND-CP amending and supplementing Decree No. 168/2025/ND-CP on enterprise registration, specifically revising and adding regulations regarding enterprise beneficial owners. Accordingly, Decree No. 296/2026/ND-CP amends and supplements several regulations concerning the determination and declaration of enterprise beneficial owners. The details are as follows: Firstly, Decree No. 296/2026/ND-CP […]

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is currently in the process of soliciting public comments on the draft Decree No. 09/2018/NĐ-CP elaborating the Law on Commerce and the Law on Foreign Trade Management regarding the trading of goods and activities directly related to the trading of goods by foreign investors and foreign-invested economic organizations in […]

Law No. 90/2025/QH15, which amends and supplements certain articles of the Law on Bidding, the Law on Investment in the Form of Public-Private Partnership, the Law on Customs, the Law on Value-Added Tax, the Law on Export and Import Duties, the Law on Investment, the Law on Public Investment, and the Law on Management and […]

1. Beneficial Owner of an Enterprise Pursuant to Clause 35, Article 4 of the Law on Enterprises 2020, as amended in 2025 (“LOE”), a beneficial owner of an enterprise with legal entity status (hereinafter referred to as the “beneficial owner of the enterprise”) is an individual who actually holds ownership of the charter capital or […]

Labor disputes are a type of dispute that arises in the unique field of civil life, specifically in the area of employment and labor utilization. According to Article 179(1) of the 2019 Labor Code (LC), “Labor disputes are disputes over rights and obligations, interests arising between parties in the process of establishing, performing, or terminating […]

The term “land use rights dispute” (LURD) has been mentioned in the Land Law over many periods, but to date, legal science has not yet had a specific concept of “land use rights dispute”; legal documents on land often use two terms: “disputes related to land” and “land disputes”. In the 2013 Land Law, “LURD” […]

Inheritance involves the transfer of assets from the deceased to the living, with the assets left behind referred to as the estate. Inheritance disputes arise only upon the death of an individual (or when a court declares a person to be deceased). The moment of inheritance opening is the time of the asset holder’s death. […]

Determining the common and separate property of spouses during marriage holds significant importance in examining the legal nature of contracts, transactions, and other related issues of the spouses. It serves as a foundation for the spouses to exercise their rights and obligations and ensures the livelihood needs of the couple and family members. According to […]