Legal Updates & Publications

It has been four months since the new Law on Real Estate Business came into effect (New Law on Real Estate Business) on 1 July 2015,

On 14 September 2015, the Government of Vietnam issued Decree No. 78/2015/ND-CP on enterprise registration (Decree 78), replacing Decree No. 43/2010/ND-CP of the Government of Vietnam, dated 15 April 2010, as amended by Decree No. 05/2013/ND-CP dated 9 January 2013, on the same matter (Decree 43).

Frasers Newsletter September 2015 edition is now available.

This legal update focuses on a review of the key provisions of Decree 15 on public-private partnerships (PPP) and provides practical insights regarding certain PPP/project finance issues of particular interest to lenders, sponsors, contractors and public sector entities from a Vietnamese law perspective.

Frasers’ Vietnam Insurance Law Update 2015 is now available.

Frasers Newsletter August 2015 edition is now available.

On 1 July 2015, Law No. 66/2014/QH13 on Real Estate Business and Law No. 65/2014/QH13 on Residential Housing will come into effect, replacing the current Law on Real Estate and the current Housing Law.

This legal update features some of the most notable changes found in the new Law on Investment and new Law on Enterprises.

Frasers Newsletter July 2015 edition is now available.

The Government of Vietnam issued Decree No. 60/2015/ND-CP (Decree 60) on 26 June 2015, amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 58/2012/ND- CP of the Government, dated 20 July 2012 (Decree 58), with respect to detailed guidelines for the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Securities. In this Legal Update, we present a very significant amendment, as set out in Decree 60, in relation to new regulations on foreign ownership ratios in Vietnam’s securities market.

The June edition of our newsletter is now available.

Frasers’ Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group has prepared an update on the legal framework with respect to new bankruptcy procedures and the enforcement of security interests in Vietnam, covering the following issues

In this edition of our newsletter we report on:

Frasers Newsletter April 2015 edition is now available.

This Legal Update focuses on some of the most notable changes found in the New Labour Code, and provides an update on certain guidelines outlined in the implementing legislation, during the first twelve months since the New Labour Code came into effect.

This legal update focuses on the Mineral Law and its implementing legislation, and features an overview of the Mineral Law, requirements for obtaining an Investment Certificate and the different types of licences required for exploration activities and mining.