From 1 July 2026, the Employment Service Licence and the Labour Outsourcing Licence will be officially abolished pursuant to the Law on Investment 2025 and Resolution No. 66.18/2026/NQ-CP. This article outlines the key regulatory changes regarding business conditions, notification procedures, and important compliance considerations for enterprises engaging in employment service and labour outsourcing activities. 1. […]

In criminal proceedings, preventive measures are applied by competent procedural authorities and persons conducting legal proceedings in order to promptly prevent criminal offences, ensure the effective conduct of investigation, prosecution, adjudication and enforcement of criminal judgments. Preventive measures include: holding a person in urgent circumstances, arrest, temporary detention, detention pending trial, bail, deposit as security, […]

Under Vietnamese law, where a foreign investor establishes an economic organization or contributes capital to, acquires shares in, or acquires capital contributions in a Vietnamese enterprise, the capital contribution must be made within the time limit committed in the investment registration dossier, the Investment Registration Certificate (“IRC”), and the Enterprise Registration Certificate (“ERC”). As a […]

Abolition of the death penalty for the crime of embezzlement of property and the crime of accepting bribes is one of the most notable amendments to the Penal Code effective from 1 July 2025. Narrowing the scope of application of the death penalty has been a matter of concern to many countries in the course […]

Cancellation[1] of a contract is one of the most powerful remedies available when a partner seriously breaches its obligations; however, if applied on incorrect grounds, it may turn the “cancelling” party into the breaching party. This article analyses when a breach is considered a “fundamental breach,” and the 4 points enterprises must bear in mind […]