What are Prohibited Act in Customs in Vietnam?

According to Article 10, Customs Law in Vietnam, prohibited acts in customs in Vietnam are: 1. For customs officials: -Causing troubles and difficulties when following customs formalities; -Screening or colluding with others in smuggling or illegally transporting goods across the border, committing trade or tax fraud; Customs dispute lawyers in Vietnam -Taking bribes, appropriating or embezzling temporarily seized goods or other acts for self-seeking...

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What Are Prohibited Acts Under the Law on Cyber Information Security?

The Law on Cyber Information Security has been promulgated in 2015.   According to Article 7, Law on Cyber Information Security, prohibited acts are: 1.Blocking the transmission of information in cyberspace, or illegally intervening, accessing, harming, deleting, altering, copying or falsifying information in cyberspace. Cyber information law firm in Vietnam 2.Illegally affecting or obstructing the normal operation of information...

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What Are Patent Owner’s Right?

According to Vietnam Law on Intellectual Property, patent owner’s rights are: To use, transfer or authorize others to use industrial property objects according to the provisions. Vietnam patent -Use of industrial property objects -Use of an invention means the performance of the following acts: -Manufacturing the protected product; -Applying the protected process; -Exploiting utilities of the protected product or the product manufactured...

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ANT Lawyers Received Visiting Guests from Fintech Industry on Jun 6th, 2018

On Jun 6th, 2018, ANT Lawyers received at its office in Ho Chi Minh City investors, directors, from fintech companies, venture capital, education organization, whom are interested in market and legal environment of fintech investment in Vietnam.  Fintech lawyers in Vietnam Visiting guests include Cynthia Ding, Co-founder of Yincubator (Singapore), an Venture Capital based in Singapore, Liu Si Wei (David) and his colleague...

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What are Remedies of Intellectual Property Infringement in Vietnam?

Any organization or individual who commits an act of infringement of the intellectual property rights of another organization or individual shall, depending upon the nature and seriousness of such infringement, be dealt with by the application of civil, administrative or criminal remedies. Intellectual Properties Rights in Vietnam In necessary cases, the competent State body may apply provisional urgent measures, measures to...

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Three Difficulties in Applying Temporary Residence Card in Da Nang

In recent years, more and more foreigners are coming to live, work, study or to reside in Da Nang, therefore, many foreigners apply for Temporary residence card (TRC) for more convenience in Vietnam. Immigration lawyers in Vietnam  According to the regulation of Section 13, Article 3 of Law on Entry, Exit, Transit, and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam, Temporary Residence Card (TRC)is a legal document issued by an immigration authority...

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How Exemption for the Application of Trade Remedies Work in Vietnam?

Trade remedies measures, including anti-dumping measures, anti-subsidy measures and trade defense, are applied when conditions are satisfied that the act of damaging or threatening harm to the domestic production. International Trade Lawyers in Vietnam However, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has also issued separate regulations for some goods exempted from the application of trade remedies. The circular No. 06/2018/TT-BCT...

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What is the process to apply for a patent?

1.The application is drafted. There are two major sections: the claims, and the support for the claims in the form of drawings and description of the drawings. Register invention license in Vietnam The claims are what you will actually have patented if your patent is allowed; something like “1. A method for teleporting a person from a first location to a second location, comprising: determining a layout of atoms of a person, creating a...

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How Vietnam Regulations on Intellectual Property Change to Integrate into Global Economy?

The intellectual property system of Vietnam has not matched up with international practice.  To resolve the matters, Vietnam has been developing programs on development of intellectual property legal system to meet the intellectual property standards of the international treaties which Vietnam is a member to. Protect Intellectual Properties Rights in Vietnam Intellectual property rights have played an indispensable role in the process...

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Are there any differences in filing a Trademark application in Vietnam as compared to your home country?

The legal protection of Trademark is based on the principle of territoriality. That means each nation is free to regulate the use of intellectual property on its own territory. For instance, it can only grant protection titles to the domestic brands while denying foreigners. In order to overcome such problems, nations around the world have been reaching and signed a number of international treaties which was built on the principle of territoriality....

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How Exploiting and Using Water Resources are Regulated in Vietnam

Water is an important resource of the country, all business activities, production and living all need water resources. Therefore, the exploitation and use of water resources are under the control of the Vietnam state authorities, to protect the resources, and avoid the waste that impact the environment. Water resources law firm in Vietnam  The Vietnamese legal system has a wide range of legal provisions on water resources, including...

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