FLAT Legal Journal
A Chinese investor preparing to acquire a Vietnamese enterprise often asks about a security review committee of the kind found in Western countries, where transactions in sensitive sectors…
Read article ↗A Chinese group with a Vietnamese subsidiary runs at least two cross-border data flows every day: employee, customer and operational data flowing from Vietnam into the parent’s systems,…
Read article ↗Placing a holding company in Hong Kong or Singapore before investing into Vietnam is a familiar structure for Chinese investors, and in itself it is neither good nor…
Read article ↗More and more US importers are sending Vietnamese plants long questionnaires about the Chinese content of their products: which suppliers provided the materials, where those suppliers bought their…
Read article ↗A Chinese seller with no office, warehouse or staff in Vietnam can still incur full Vietnamese tax duties from the very first order sold to a Vietnamese buyer…
Read article ↗The Huu Nghi gate in Lang Son and the Youyi Guan gate in Guangxi are where the Vietnam–China smart border gate model is being piloted in phases, with…
Read article ↗Along the Vietnam–China border, two flows of goods with entirely different legal natures pass through neighbouring gates: small-scale exchanges by border residents serving life in the border area,…
Read article ↗In US countervailing duty investigations of goods made in Vietnam, US petitioners are asking a newer question with growing frequency: did the Vietnamese producer receive support from a…
Read article ↗Buying an operating factory in Vietnam saves a Chinese investor many months of construction, yet it also means inheriting the plant’s entire origin history: finished inventory, the input…
Read article ↗From 1 January 2026 the European Union carbon border adjustment mechanism moves into its definitive phase: the reporting-only transitional period ended on 31 December 2025 and real financial…
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