FLAT Legal Journal
Leasing space in a shopping mall is entirely different from leasing street frontage: a foreign brand buys not just area but footfall, an operating system and a position…
Read article ↗The economic needs test (ENT) is the specific control gate on foreign investors’ retail network expansion in Vietnam: from the second outlet onward, the licensing authority does not…
Read article ↗For a foreign investor, securing retail premises is only half the journey — the other half is the retail establishment licence for that very location. The framework applying…
Read article ↗An EV battery plant is a compliance-heavy industrial project: cell production uses hazardous chemicals and flammable solvents, stored finished batteries are a high-temperature fire risk that is hard…
Read article ↗From 1 January 2026, the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) entered its definitive phase with financial obligations phasing in: goods in the covered groups (cement, iron and…
Read article ↗A cold store is not “an ordinary warehouse with air-conditioning”: for food and pharmaceuticals, a few hours of temperature deviation can destroy a whole batch and trigger product-safety…
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Scenario: a foreign retail group wants 70% of a Vietnamese marketplace with 2 million users. Valuation rests mainly on “user value” and the technology platform. What due diligence…
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Scenario: a marketing firm is offered “marketplace customer data”: 500,000 profiles with names, phone numbers, addresses and purchase histories — for VND 200 million. The seller is a…
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Scenario: a marketplace deploys a “trust score” system rating buyers on purchase history, return rates, even online hours and devices used. Low scorers lose pay-later access and vouchers.…
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Scenario: a major e-wallet launches “pay later”: users get a VND 20 million limit for shopping on a partner marketplace, instalments without a credit card. The State Bank…
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