Regulations on Pay to Employees Working During Lunar New Year Holiday

Under the provisions of Article 106.1 of the Labor Code 2012, overtime is a period of work outside normal working hours prescribed by law or according to a labor agreement or regulation. Depending on the needs and agreement of the two parties, the enterprise may request employees to work overtime during lunar new year (Tet) holiday, but must not exceed 12 hours in a day and must pay overtime as prescribed by law. Set-up business in Vietnam Register business in Vietnam Vietnam international law firm According to Article 25...

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Vietnam and Japan Signed 12 Cooperation Agreements

The Secretary General of Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, the President of Japan – Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Union- Nikai Toshihiro, on January 12th, 2020 met with the Vietnam’s Prime Minister- Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hoi An to discuss economic, cultural and tourist exchange topics. At the meeting, the representative of Vietnam welcomed the Japanese delegation to come and exchange of economic, cultural and tourism exchanges of the two countries. The representative of Vietnam affirmed that Vietnam appreciate the cooperation with...

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Hanoi Topped the Country in Attracting FDI after 7 Months

The Foreign Investment Agency (Ministry of Planning and Investment) has recently released the data on foreign direct investment (FDI) activities in Vietnam in the first 7 months of 2018, in which Hanoi is the province that attract the most FDI with the total registered capital of 6.17 billion USD, accounting for 26.9% of total investment. It shows that Hanoi is an attractive destination for foreign investors With a total registered capital of 6.17 billion USD, accounting for 26.9% of total investment capital in 7 months, Hanoi surpassed...

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Anti-dumping Law: The Basic Concepts

1. What is dumping? In international trade, dumping is a phenomenon occurs when a commodity is exported at a price lower than the selling price of that item in the domestic market of the exporting country. Therefore, it is simple to understand that if the export price of a commodity is lower than its domestic prices, the product may be considered to be dumped. 2. Why is dumping? There are many causes of dumping in international trade. In fact, there are many cases that seller deliberately dumping in order to achieve certain benefits...

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Mavin Pledged to Invest 80 Million USD in Nghe An

Mavin Group (Australia) has operated in Vietnam for a long time and now they do not hide their ambition to expand investment and set up business in Vietnam. In February 2017, Mavin Group inaugurated an animal feed production factory in Nghe An. This plant has a total investment of 15 million USD, which is built on an area of 3.6 ha and has a capacity of 300,000 tons per year. Mavin Group has invested in Vietnam for more than 12 years and now has production facilities in 7 provinces and branches, warehouses in 19 different provinces...

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Intellectual Property and Trademark Registration in Vietnam

Trademark is a sign for consumers to identify the goods or services of each company from those of others. In Vietnam, many businesses today have not paid sufficient attention to trademark protection. Only when their trademarks would be infringed by other companies or competitors, they really concern to protect their trademarks and business through trademark registration, trademark opposition or take further actions. Such situation will negatively impact the business financially. Trademark in Vietnam Trademark rights will be protected...

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How to Protect Business Secrets through Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)

In business or production process, individual or organization being may have to share its business secrets with others. Legal solution for this situation is to enter into a Non-Disclosure Agreement agreement (NDA). Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) are often used by inventors or companies when sharing business ideas, sample products which have just been created, patent and many other business secrets. This disclosure’s purpose is to explore the possibilities to cooperate, manufacture; to commercialize a particular product in relation...

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Danang city Meeting the First Korean Consul General in Central Region

On December 16th, 2019, Danang City held a meeting with the new Korean Consul General Mr. Ahn Min Sik, the first Korean consul general in Central Region of Vietnam. Currently, Danang is a city that attracts a large number of Korean people to travel, live and invest to set up company. Therefore, the establishment of the Korean General Consulate in Danang is an opportunity to further expand the friendly relationship between the two countries. In addition, the representative of Danang city also expressed his desire to attract more...

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