To prolong the loaning duration of export credit up to maximum 36 months for coffee

This content is regulated in Decree 133/2013/ND-CP dated October 17, 2013 of the Government on amending and supplementing the Decree No. 54/2013/ND-CP DATED MAY 22, 2013 and on supplementing the Government’s Decree No. 75/2011/ND-CP dated August 30, 2013 on State’s investment credit and export credit. In this Decree, the Government decided to prolong the maximum […]

Fine up to vnd 30 million to act of violating regulations on marriage brokerage

Decree No. 110/2013/ND-CP dated of September 24th, 2013 of the Government on regulating sanction of administrative violation in the field of judicial assistance, judicial administration, marriage and family, civil judgment enforcement, enterprise and cooperative bankruptcy. Accordingly, some remarkable regulations on the sanction level are applied to violations of birth registration, marriage registration, marriage brokerage, ethnics […]

Lecture: ‘Introduction to the Law in Việt Nam’ at Friends of Vietnam Heritage

Mr. Nguyễn Thanh Hà and Mr. Trần Trung Kiên, S&B Law Tuesday, 10 January, 7:00 PM – 08:30 PM (English) The practice of law in Vietnam is a young and rapidly growing profession, with the current number of some 5000 registered lawyers expected to grow to 20,000 by 2020 (Justice Partnership Program; Embassy of Denmark, Hà […]

Doing business in Vietnam

Under Vietnam Law on Investment, in case a foreign investor wishes to setup a foreign invested company (FIC), it requires an Investment Certificate from the licensing authority. Depending on the location of the FIC, the licensing authority may be the provincial People’s Committee (for companies located outside industrial or export processing zones) or the provincial […]

Granting contracting license to foreign contactor in Viet Nam

Under the Vietnamese Law, especially Decision No. 03 dated January 16, 2012 of Prime Minister regarding to amendment of Decision No. 87/2004/QD-TTg dated May 19, 2004 of the Prime Minister promulgating the Regulation on management of operations of foreign contractors in the construction domain in Vietnam, foreign contractors working in Vietnam in designing general contractors; […]

Draft decree tightens foreign worker management

Foreign workers staying in Vietnam for longer than three months will be denied visas or even forced to leave the country if they do not have work permit or if their permit is expired. This is a new regulation stipulated in an amended draft decree on the management and recruitment of foreign workers in the […]

Vietnam lawmakers concerned about bullet train funding

The National Assembly Standing Committee expressed its concern about funds needed for a US$55.8 billion transnational bullet train project at a meeting on Saturday. The project, submitted by the government, needs more than US$4 billion per year, of which $570 million will be drawn from the state budget, $2.4 billion from official development assistance (ODA), […]

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012.

Dear Client, On this Christmas and new year 2012, SB LAW would like to thank you for trusting and using our services up to now. Wish you a peaceful Christmas, enjoying the sweet and warm moments with your beloveds, and starting a new peaceful year, gaining satisfactory successes. Best Regards, SB LAW

Starbucks prepares to 'dominate the Dragon'

Eleven years after entering the Dragon, Starbucks is now intent on dominating it. Howard Schultz, founder and chief executive of the global coffee retailer, is determined to make China Starbuck’s second largest market after the US, replacing Japan which currently holds that position. Mr Schultz – who returned to day-to-day running of the company two […]