Many Vietnamese businesses are still wrestling with the question of whether to protect computer programs’ intellectual property rights (IP) as copyright or patent. This decision could lead to completely different ways of commercializing, enforcing and protecting intellectual property rights associated with computer programs.

• 01 May 2024

Determining the authorship of inventions (inventors) created with AI assistance has been a contentious issue in recent years. However, light is gradually emerging, though it is clear that this is not yet the end of the tunnel. In the case of Thaler v. Vidal, 43 F.4th 1207 (Fed. Cir. 2022), the Federal Circuit upheld the decisions made by the USPTO to reject two petitions seeking to designate an AI system as an inventor.

• 01 May 2024

After the Court issues a judgment or decision to resolve a case, the next step that the winning party is interested in is how the legally effective judgment will be enforced. This article examines the specific steps a judgment creditor needs to know from when requesting judgment enforcement until the judgment enforcement is completed according to Vietnam’s civil procedural law.

• 01 May 2024

Currently, technological advancements are happening at an unprecedented pace, leading to a new industrial revolution with the emergence of artificial intelligence, robotics, and automation, which have made significant strides in various industries from manufacturing to services.  Moreover, in the era of globalization, the participation of foreign employees or experts in the Vietnamese labor market, undertaking important and complex job positions, is increasingly common. This poses a new re

• 01 May 2024

1 PRIME MINISTER ------- SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness --------------- No: 270/QĐ-TTg Ha Noi, 02 April 2024 DECISION ON APPROVING THE LIST OF PROGRAMS, WORKS AND PROJECTS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE AND KEY TO THE ENERGY SECTOR PRIME MINISTER Pursuant to the Law on Government Organization dated 19 June 2015; the Law amending and supplementing a

• 02 April 2024

1 MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE ------- SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness --------------- No: 04/2024/TT-BCT Ha Noi, 27 March 2024 CIRCULAR ON AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF CIRCULAR NO. 20/2014/TT-BCT DATED 25 JUNE 2014 OF THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE STIPULATING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RULES OF ORIGIN IN THE ASEAN-KOREA F

• 27 March 2024

1 GOVERNMENT ------- SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness --------------- No: 24/2024/NĐ-CP Ha Noi, 27 February 2024 DECREE ON DETAILING A NUMBER OF ARTICLES AND MEASURES TO IMPLEMENT THE LAW ON BIDDING ON THE SELECTION OF CONTRACTORS Pursuant to the Law on Government Organization dated 19 June 2015; the Law amending and supplementing a number of a

• 27 February 2024

In Vietnam, project financing has most commonly been used to finance power and infrastructure projects. There is no consolidated legal framework that governs project finance activities in Vietnam. In this guide, we examine project financing, highlighting critical legal and commercial considerations from the standpoint of foreign lenders and sponsors.

• 24 April 2024 | Allens Vietnam

Government agencies assess that hackers continue targeting critical entities with increasingly sophisticated methods. These hacks have the potential to disrupt entire operations, and transactions, making sensitive data irrecoverable once it falls into the hands of hackers. Given this situation, on 8 April 2024, the Prime Minister of Vietnam issued a directive requesting ministries, sectoral, and local government agencies to review and assess the current cybersecurity situation.

• 09 April 2024

This technical update covers: Decree No. 96/2023/ND-CP on the Law on Medical examination and treatment. decree No. 10/2024/ND-CP regulating high-tech zones, circular No. 22/2023/TT-NHNN on the State Bank of Vietnam amending Circular No. 41/2016/TT-NHNN on capital adequacy ratios, and others.

• 09 April 2024