The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) recently released regulations requiring banks and foreign bank branches in Vietnam to maintain a minimum capital adequacy ratio (CAR) of 8 percent from 2020...

On November 1, 2016 the Vietnamese government issued a new decree on sanctions against administrative violations in the securities market...

More than 10 years since its implementation, Vietnam has revised and supplemented the regulatory framework for the pharmaceutical industry to reflect the realities of practice ...

Vietnam has passed new regulations governing forex agents, tax, food safety and other aspects which affect conducting business in the country.

Yoon & Yang is opening an office in Vietnam, in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City’s central business district. ...

Pursuant to Article 49 of the Law on Telecommunications No. 41/2009/QH12, holders of a registered national ...

On July 1, 2016, the Vietnamese Government issued Decree No. 86/2016/ND-CP regulating the conditions ...

Decree No. 15/2015/ND-CP of the Government on public private partnership investment forms (the ‘PPP’) went into ...

Food safety and hygiene are on red alert in Vietnam. According to local papers and media, food poisoning happens almost everyday ...

Singaporean law firm RHT Taylor Wessing recently announced its intention to merge with PBC Partners in order to expand its oversight of the ASEAN Economic Community. According to the firm, ...

On December 31, 2015 the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) promulgated Circular No. 36/2015/TT-NHNN regulating the ...

New regulations affect business in Vietnam. They cover topics ranging from social insurance to stock market actions to real estate trading floors.

On December 30, 2015 the Ministry of Construction issued Circular No. 11/2015/TT-BXD (Circular 11) regulating the issuance of real estate ...

A group of lawyers from local and international law firms in Vietnam with over 17 years of transactional experience have joined forces to form corporate and commercial law firm Lexcomm Vietnam LLC (Lexcomm) ...

Vietnam: ASEAN’s next emerging market