17-04-2020 10:00
Last month, the Vietnamese government passed Decree No.35/2020/ND-CP providing detailed regulations for implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Competition that take effect on May 15. Lawyer Nguyen Thanh Ha, chair of SB Law, shares the key changes of the decree.
17-04-2020 09:00
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been an important source of energy for countries worldwide. According to a recent Norwegian-based report, 42 countries are importing LNG to balance their local insufficiency of energy. One of the important benefits of this type of gas is to reduce emission of pollutants into the environment, especially CO2. It is mostly used for energy production, although there is a trend of increasing use of LNG in industrial production activities.
28-03-2020 17:11
Kim Thanh has been struggling recently to look for long-term tenants for a condo that she rents for short-term stays in Ba Dinh District in Ha Noi.
18-01-2020 15:00
Thanh Ha Water Park, invested by Cienco 5 Land, which is advertised as a complex including a water-park, swimming pool, and multifunction sports hall, is being demolished due to missing the necessary certifications.
26-12-2019 17:18
Tran Thanh Hai, CEO of the ride-hailing service Be, has stepped down after two years at the head of the service, which he joined in the beginning days.
05-12-2019 19:43
Over the past five centuries, locals in the ancient pottery village of Thanh Ha have kept their traditional method of making pottery - hand made and wheel thrown.
10-10-2019 16:51
Vietnam offers great potential for investment in solar power, mainly due to favourable natural conditions and high power consumption demand. Partner Dang Chi Lieu and senior associate Nguyen Thanh Hai of Baker McKenzie Vietnam outline the country’s policies to encourage the development of solar power projects.
21-08-2019 10:06
Permitting foreign-invested enterprises to conduct direct imports, Vietnam’s pharmaceutical policies are now more in alignment with international treaties. Le Net and Ngo Thanh Hai, lawyers at LNT & Partners - the Vietnam Law Firm of 2019 according to ALB Thomson Reuters – explained how policy changes are opening up a new chapter in the local pharmaceutical market on the back of new free trade agreements.
12-07-2019 09:51
The negotiating skills of executive boards of trade unions need to be strengthened, Tran Thi Thanh Ha, deputy head of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour's labour relations department, said.
26-06-2019 08:31
While build-operate-transfer transport projects are proving a moderate success, considerable controversies continue to revolve around them. Ngo Thanh Hai and Le Nguyen Quoc Sy, lawyers at LNT & Partners, give a deep analysis on how attractive the investment model to foreign investors is, and how Vietnam can learn experience from neighbouring countries in order to develop future successful projects.
01-05-2019 10:00
Vietnam considers the private economic sector as one of its major economic powerhouses. Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung talked with VIR’s Khanh An and Thanh Ha about the need to strengthen the country’s private economic sector to connect with foreign enterprises so as to maximise foreign investment and foster an independent economy.
09-03-2019 09:55
The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam has just released an updated draft on encouraging development of solar power projects in Vietnam. Significantly, the draft decision provides for a second feed-in-tariff at rates varying by location for application from July 1, 2019. Frederick Burke, managing partner of Baker McKenzie, and Nguyen Thanh Hai, associate of the firm’s Hanoi office, explain more.
21-11-2018 22:41
Samsung, with its huge investment, has turned Vietnam from a manufacturing complex into the global headquarters of its research and development (R&D) activities.
20-09-2018 09:20
Vietnam’s private TH Group has commenced the construction of its $2.7-billion dairy farm and milk processing mega-complex in the Borovsk Special Industrial Economic Zone in the Kaluga region of Russia, turning the page for Vietnam’s outbound investments.
26-06-2018 16:04
This month, 27-year-old Vu Phuong Thanh has appeared on national TV to talk about her 1,000-kilometre journey around the world’s four greatest deserts. The young woman has inspired fellow Vietnamese to follow their dreams and do what they love.