International Roaming: Charges and Complaints
Scenario: a foreign fund wants 100% of the company owning an operating wind farm — “buy the company, done”. But legal due diligence finds: annually-paid leased land whose…
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Foreign Investment
Value-Added Services on Mobile Platforms: Regulation
Scenario: a foreign investor brings a “power project checklist” from another market to Vietnam and finds half missing: no power-plan step, no electricity operation license, no connection agreement.…
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Scenario: a 100MW solar investor plans a 20MW/40MWh battery add-on for “peak shaving” — then discovers: unclear whether storage counts as a “power plant” or “auxiliary equipment”, which…
Read article ↗Fighting Phone and SMS Fraud: Coordination Duties
Scenario: an investor asks “what is the solar tariff now per kWh” and gets three answers: “FIT is over”, “bidding”, “sign a DPPA”. All three are partly right…
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Child Protection on Telecom Networks
Scenario: a European energy group surveys Vietnamese waters and finds world-class offshore wind potential. But asking “how do we get a sea area for survey” yields an inter-agency…
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Scenario: a 200MW wind project finishes design and prepares to break ground — then gets ordered to stop for lacking an approved environmental impact assessment (EIA). Six months…
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Scenario: an investor finds 50ha for solar at a “great” rent — only to discover it is rice land, unconverted, inside protection-forest planning. The “bargain” nearly became a…
Read article ↗Telecom Services for Industrial Parks and Export Zones
Scenario: a fund invests in a 100MW wind project; the PPA runs 200 pages. Counsel flags 5 clauses deciding the project’s life or death — and foreign investors…
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Enterprise Telecom Contracts (Leased Lines)
Scenario: a factory owner in Binh Duong installs 1MW of rooftop solar, planning to “use and sell the surplus”. But at grid-connection, the power company demands a dossier…
Read article ↗Telecom M&A: Approvals and National Security Review
Scenario: a foreign group wants 51% of a Vietnamese carrier. The deal looks like a pricing matter — but in telecom, money is only necessary; investment, competition and…
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