International arbitration is often chosen because of its neutrality, expertise, and cross-border enforceability. But a favorable award from a reputable overseas arbitration center does not mean that the winning party can immediately distrain assets and recover money in Vietnam. Two cases involving the awards of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), reviewed by Vietnamese courts in 2023 and 2026 , show a significant gap between "winning the arbitration case" and "enforcing the award".
With many commercial disputes today, the contract is no longer the only document that determines the outcome of the case. Many disputes are determined from a series of emails, an exchange on Microsoft Teams, or even a few Zalo messages between people who directly make transactions. This reflects the fact that business activities have shifted sharply to the digital environment, while most of the daily transactions are not recorded in official documents.
In just a few years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Software as a Service (SaaS) models have shifted from technology solutions for some pioneering businesses to the operational infrastructure of many economic sectors. Businesses are no longer just buying software, but are hiring data processing capacity, decision-making capabilities, automation services, and AI models that are constantly updated through the cloud.
In M&A, completing the transaction does not mean that the risk has been closed. It is only after the time of the transfer of shares that the issues that were previously outside the due diligence dossier: from tax obligations, undisclosed debts, false information to violations of the seller's commitments can begin to emerge.
The Law on Investment No. 143/2025/QH15 was approved by the National Assembly on December 11, 2025, effective from March 1, 2026. After the first amendment by Law No. 24/2026/QH16 dated August 24, 2026, the Ministry of Finance continues to develop a draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Investment 2025 (Draft), which is expected to be submitted to the National Assembly at the 2nd Session in October 2026 and take effect from January 1, 2027.
This handbook is compiled by HM&P to systematize the legal regulations on chemicals in Vietnam that are in force, assist enterprises in identifying legal obligations, administrative procedures and the risk of being sanctioned for administrative violations in chemical activities. The document is aimed at enterprises producing, trading, exporting, importing, storing, transporting and using chemicals and enterprises producing and importing products and goods containing hazardous chemicals.
Just a few months after three important Decrees guiding the Law on Chemicals 2025 were issued, the Ministry of Industry and Trade proposed to amend all three documents simultaneously. The very short implementation period easily creates a sense of unstable policy. However, the Draft documents show that the main goal is not to change the management orientation established by the Law on Chemicals and these documents, but to handle unclear, overlapping and inappropriate points that arise when the new regulatory system begins to come into operation.
