M&A Legal Services in Vietnam

Business and legal issues today are intertwined as never before. The increasing globalisation of competition, the rise of emerging markets including Vietnam, the persistence of volatility, and the sharp increase in global regulatory scrutiny are some of the many factors that have led to an increase in strategic transactional activity—including acquisitions, disposals, mergers,...

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What is the advantages and the disadvantages of licensing contract?

Licensing of industrial property rights (Licensing) is one of the legal measures to transfer technology. In accordance with Law on Intellectual property in 2005 (amended, supplemented in 2009), licensing of an industrial property rights means permission by the owner of such industrial property object for another organization or individual to use the industrial...

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Procedures for processing applications for registration of industrial designs

Many enterprises invest a significant amount of time and resources to improve their product design in order to match products to specific customer groups. Industrial design means the outward appearance of a product embodied in three dimensional configuration, lines, colours or a combination of such elements [Clause 13 Article 4 Law on intellectual property...

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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...

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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,...

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Process for Trademark registration

A Trademark is a name, logo, tagline, colors that identify a product or service. Business owners are given rights on their trademarks.Trademark is essential as it protects any word, name, slogan, design, or image that identifies a business or brand and distinguishes it from others. It also gives right to the mark and allows the holder to file lawsuit against infringers....

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Issuing Investment Certificate for Foreign Investors

Foreign investors whom wish to carry out business in Vietnam need to have investment project proposal prepared for submission to State Authority in Vietnam.  Investment projects of foreign investors and projects of economic organizations with 51% or more foreign owned capital (except for cases of capital contribution, purchase of shares or capital contributions...

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