The Government has officially issued Decree No. 135/2024/ND-CP dated 22 October 2024, providing mechanisms and policies to encourage the development of on-site self-consumption rooftop solar power. The Decree comes into effect on 22 October 2024.
On October 10th, 2024, the Government issued Decree No. 128/2024/ND-CP for amending, supplementing several provisions of Decree No. 81/2018/ND-CP dated May 22nd, 2018 that provided detailed guidelines on the Commercial Law regarding commercial promotional activities.
On October 22, 2024, the Government issued Decree 135/2024/ND-CP regulating the mechanism and policies to encourage the development of self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power.
On 22 October 2024, the Government issued Decree No. 135/2024/ND-CP (“Decree 135”), which took immediate effect. This Decree introduces a legal framework and sets forth clearer procedures, including guidance for legal administration, aimed at facilitating the development of rooftop solar power (“RSP”) for self-production and self-consumption.
Amid on-going discussion on Decree No. 13/2023/ND-CP on Personal Data Protection which has been in effect over a year, the Ministry of Public Security recently released a draft Law on Personal Data Protection on 24 September 2024 for public consultation.
To complete the legal framework for Open API, on 23 July 2024, the State Bank of Vietnam (“SBV”) published the draft circular regulating the implementation of Open API in the banking industry.
This article will highlight the common issues that the EU and Vietnam encounter when the regulations are implemented in practice, namely issues of ambiguous privacy policies, and age and parental consent verification. The paper is structured as follows: Section 2 reviews the regulations of the EU and Vietnam respectively, Section 3 analyses the common issues in both jurisdictions’ approaches, then Section 4 concludes.
This presentation summary provides an overview of key considerations regarding investment into Vietnam including the labour market, infrastructure, access to finance, and investment incentives.
After much speculation and planning by the Government, the Draft Law on Personal Data Protection in Vietnam was officially published for public consultation on 24 September 2024.
On 13 September 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Trade held a meeting to discuss the latest draft amendment of the Law on Electricity No. 28/2004/QH11, amended in 2012 and 2022, introducing significant changes to the regulation of Vietnam’s electricity sector.
On 29 June 2024, the National Assembly passed three (03) amended laws related to the real estate market, specifically: (i) the Land Law 2024, (ii) the Law on Housing 2023, and (iii) the Law on Real Estate Business 2023. Accordingly, these new legal documents are bringing positive signals, fostering the development of the real estate market, and building confidence among investors in Vietnam.
On 26 March 2024, the Supreme People’s Procuracy of Vietnam (the Supreme Procuracy) issued Official Letter no. 1083/VKSTC-V9 (the Official Letter) to respond to inquiries from local procuracies regarding supervision in legal proceedings regarding civil, marriage and family matters.
This post continues discussing some additional changes of the LCI 2024. For changes discussed in our Part 1, please see here.
This August newsletter covers the Law on Social Insurance, Law on Real Estate Business and Law on Land.
In this newsletter: 1. Amended Social Insurance Law No. 41/2024/QH15, 2. Circular No. 3305/VBHN-BLĐTBXH on the implementation of certain provisions of the Employment Law on Unemployment Insurance, 3. Circular No. 46/2024/TT-BTC Re Provisions on Electronic Transactions in the Tax Sector
In 2023 alone, the Hanoi People’s Court issued two decisions on annulment of arbitral awards with their conflicting opinions on the mandate over consularizion of foreign documents in arbitration proceedings.
This article provides an overview of the Draft Law's key provisions and their potential implications for businesses and individuals. Unlike personal data legislation, this Draft Law's broad coverage encompasses not only personal data but also other organizational and business data.
Decree No. 80/2024/ ND-CP regulates the direct power purchase mechanism between renewable energy generation unit (“REGU”) and large electricity customers (“Decree 80/2024”) on July 3, 2024 and takes effect immediately from the date of promulgation. Investment in renewable energy in Vietnam will now be clearer.
A common issue arises when the transferor has changed its name but has not completed the procedure to update the owner’s information on the Trademark Registration Certificate, resulting in the transfer application being rejected. In such cases, the transferor must update the new name on the Trademark Registration Certificate before proceeding with the trademark transfer.
Important Vietnamese legal terms can be looked up, with the corresponding term in the other language presented (Vietnamese <-> English). Very helpful resource for those professionals working in both languages
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