FLAT Legal Journal
Selling batteries into the EU? From 2024–2027, the EU Battery Regulation builds a new “green wall”: batteries need passports, carbon declarations, and proof of rights-respecting minerals. Non-compliance =…
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The EVFTA does not just open goods — its services chapter opens the EU services market to Vietnamese firms: IT, logistics, consultancy, construction… But EVFTA “opening” means opening…
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France — the EU’s second economy, gateway to 450 million consumers, the “made in France” label carrying global value. Vietnamese firms (food, textiles, furniture, tech) are entering France…
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When French and Vietnamese companies contract, the most common dispute clause is “ICC arbitration, seat in Paris”. The ICC runs the world’s largest international commercial arbitration institution —…
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Buying a Dutch tech or energy company? Since 1 June 2023, the deal may have to pass through “Vifo” — the Dutch investment-screening law. Buying without notifying: the…
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German investors are famously gründlich (thorough) — and due diligence when buying Vietnamese companies must be more gründlich than at home, because risks exist here that do not…
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Poland and Hungary — gateways to the EU’s 450-million market, cheaper than Western Europe, Hungary’s tax among the EU’s lowest. Vietnamese firms (electronics, textiles, food, logistics) eye Central…
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Montreal and Toronto are two of the world’s AI capitals — where deep learning was born. Vietnam has young, cost-competitive technical talent. Canadian–Vietnamese AI cooperation is blooming —…
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Australia does not just export ore — it exports the METS industry (mining equipment, technology, services) worth tens of billions. Vietnam has resources (rare earths, bauxite…) but lacks…
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The UK is Europe’s offshore-wind capital with its CfD auction mechanism. Vietnam has a long coastline and strong winds — but FITs have expired and new mechanisms are…
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