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DEBT TRADING FOR FOREIGN BANK BRANCHES IN VIETNAM: A CONDITIONAL PLAYING FIELD

Under the Law on Credit Institutions 2024, debt trading has evolved into a strictly regulated...

27 January, 2026
TRANSFER AND ASSIGNMENT in VIETNAMESE LAW-GOVERNED SYNDICATED LOANS – LICENSING GAPS AND CONSTRAINTS

Vietnam’s regulatory framework for debt sale and purchase, codified primarily in Circular No. 09/2015/TT-NHNN (“Circular...

27 January, 2026
LAW ON DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION 2025 – LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR COMPREHENSIVE AND SYNCHRONIZED DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Law on Digital Transformation 2025, passed by the National Assembly on December 11, 2025 and...

27 January, 2026
HIGH TECHNOLOGY LAW OF VIETNAM – DRIVING FORCE OF STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGIES AND INDUSTRIES

The enactment of the amended Law on High Technology in 2025 (“LHT 2025”), which was...

27 January, 2026
Decree 29 Promulgates Vietnam’s First Regulated Carbon Exchange

Decree No. 29/2026/ND-CP on the Domestic Carbon Trading Platform was newly issued by the Government...

21 January, 2026
AI LAW 2025 – A LEAP OF VIETNAM IN THE AI WAVE?

On 10 December 2025, the National Assembly officially promulgated the Law on Artificial Intelligence (“AI...

13 January, 2026
WORKSHOP RECAP – OPERATION AND SUPERVISION OF CRYPTO-ASSET TRADING MARKETS: DIGITAL ASSETS – LOCKED & LOOKED

The workshop on Operation and supervision of crypto-asset trading markets: Digital Assets – Locked &...

26 December, 2025
VIETNAM’S LAW ON CYBERSECURITY 2025: KEY LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS

In the context of rapid technological advancement and the country’s transition toward accelerated digital transformation,...

22 December, 2025
PERSONAL INCOME TAX IN M&A TRANSACTIONS – Law on Personal Income Tax 2025

On December 10th, 2025, the National Assembly of Vietnam ratified the Law on Personal Income...

22 December, 2025