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1. Definition of promotional activities   Promotional activities are commercial promotion activities conducted by traders for the purpose of promoting the purchase and sale of goods or the provision of services by offering customers certain benefits. Promotional activities may be carried out by: (i) enterprises that themselves conduct production and/or business activities; and/or (ii) enterprises providing promotional services, which conduct promotions for other enterprises in accordance with a promotional service agreement.   The Law on Commerce and relevant legislative documents impose specific conditions and restrictions on goods and services that are subject to promotion, as well as goods and services used for promotional purposes. Specifically:   Goods and services eligible for promotion  do not include alcoholic beverages, lottery products, tobacco products, breast-milk substitutes, medicines for human use (including medicines that have been licen...

The gold market is one of the markets that fluctuates continuously. In 2025, the gold price index continued to increase; specifically, according to the Report of the General Statistics Office of Vietnam – Ministry of Finance, the gold price index in December increased by 2.18% compared to the previous month; increased by 70.37% compared to the same period of the previous year; and, on average in 2025, the gold price index increased by 47.67%. This development partly explains the trend that people, and even a segment of investors, choose to buy gold for profit-taking purposes or for hoarding, depending on their needs.     Entering 2026, in the context that many new legal documents have taken effect, gold trading activities have been regulated in a stricter and clearer manner. Accordingly, when engaging in gold trading or investing in gold, individuals should note the following:     1. Prohibited acts in gold trading:   Building on certain provis...

The gold market is one of the markets that fluctuates continuously. In 2025, the gold price index continued to increase; specifically, according to the Report of the General Statistics Office of Vietnam – Ministry of Finance, the gold price index in December increased by 2.18% compared to the previous month; increased by 70.37% compared to the same period of the previous year; and, on average in 2025, the gold price index increased by 47.67%. This development partly explains the trend that people, and even a segment of investors, choose to buy gold for profit-taking purposes or for hoarding, depending on their needs.   Entering 2026, in the context that many new legal documents have taken effect, gold trading activities have been regulated in a stricter and clearer manner. Accordingly, when engaging in gold trading or investing in gold, individuals should note the following:     1. Prohibited acts in gold trading:   Building on certain provisions un...

Environmental protection reporting is a mandatory requirement for manufacturing projects under environmental protection laws. During project implementation, enterprises must accurately identify the subjects required to report, types of reports, reporting contents, submission deadlines, and competent receiving authorities to ensure legal compliance and mitigate legal risks. This article summarizes and analyzes the current legal regulations, assisting project owners and manufacturing facilities in fully and timely fulfilling their environmental protection reporting obligations.   1. Subjects, types, and contents of reports 5   Project owners are responsible for preparing and submitting environmental protection reports to competent state authorities in accordance with the law.   Environmental protection reports include:     Annual environmental protection reports, with the reporting period calculated from January 1 to December 31 of the reporting year; ...

Employment service activities have long been classified as a conditional business line, uniformly applicable to both domestic enterprises and foreign-invested enterprises. The scope of activities includes job consultancy and placement services; provision and supply of labor to employers; as well as the collection, analysis, storage, and provision of labor market information. However, the Law on Investment 2025 has removed this sector from the List of Conditional Business Lines, thereby paving the way for future adjustments and improvements to the relevant legal framework. The evolution of regulatory conditions governing employment service activities over the past 10 years is as follows:   1. The Law on Investment 2014 , effective from July 1, 2015, classified employment service activities as a conditional business line. At the same time, the Law on Employment 2013 (effective from January 1, 2015), together with Decree No. 52/2014/ND-CP and Decree No. 23/2021/ND-CP,r...

Ad hoc arbitration is a dispute resolution mechanism whereby the disputing parties agree to appoint arbitrator(s) to resolve their dispute instead of initiating proceedings before a court. Unlike institutional arbitration, ad hoc arbitration does not have a permanent seat or its own procedural rules but is established based on the parties’ agreement solely for the purpose of resolving a specific dispute. This form of arbitration is commonly applied to commercial disputes or other disputes that are permitted by law to be resolved by arbitration.   Due to the fact that ad hoc arbitration is not associated with a permanent arbitral institution, Vietnamese law provides for a mechanism to register ad hoc arbitral awards with the court as a necessary procedural step. This mechanism serves as a legal basis for requesting the civil judgment enforcement authority to organize the enforcement of the arbitral award, while also enabling the court to verify the authenti...