FLAT Legal Journal
The short answer: yes. Vietnam’s WTO commitments on hospital services allow foreign investors to establish 100% foreign-owned hospitals — no joint venture with a Vietnamese partner required. Conditions…
Read article ↗Buying a hospital or clinic is nothing like buying an ordinary company: the medical operation licence is the most valuable intangible asset — and where the most risk…
Read article ↗
Scenario: a private hospital is ordered to pay VND 1.5 billion to a patient’s family for a doctor’s professional error. Uninsured, it pays everything itself — cash flow…
Read article ↗
Scenario: Mrs. Tu, examined at a private clinic, believes a misdiagnosis worsened her condition. She wants to complain but doesn’t know where: the clinic, the Health Department or…
Read article ↗
Scenario: a patient dies after surgery. The family blames negligent doctors, demanding VND 2 billion from the hospital. The hospital calls it an “unforeseeable medical accident” and refuses…
Read article ↗Scenario: John (British) has worked for a Ho Chi Minh City company for two years on a work permit. Hospitalised after an accident, he discovers he was never…
Read article ↗
Scenario: a foreign-invested private hospital wants an SHI examination contract to attract insured patients. What conditions apply, and how are SHI patients paid at private hospitals? Conditions for…
Read article ↗
Scenario: a family signs a “1Gbps” fiber contract but measures 200Mbps at peak — complaining gets “the committed speed is the maximum”. In FTTH contracts, the small word…
Read article ↗Scenario: residents of a high-end apartment tower complain “no signal in the elevator” — building management wants an in-building coverage system (DAS) but 3 carriers pass the buck:…
Read article ↗Scenario: an engineer buys a satellite phone abroad for remote-area trips and brings it home — customs seizes it at the border. He is stunned: “it’s just a…
Read article ↗