FLAT Legal Journal
A practical scenario: a Vietnamese group buys a German tech company for EUR 80 million. Deal closed — 3 months later a notice arrives: the transaction was never…
Read article ↗A practical scenario: a Vietnamese group buys a factory in Texas. It brings Vietnamese environmental-permitting experience — then discovers America needs federal (EPA) permits + Texas state permits…
Read article ↗A practical scenario: a logistics startup with Vietnamese and Dutch founders debates headquarters: Vietnam (near warehouses, low costs) or the Netherlands (EU gateway, near Rotterdam port)? The Dutch…
Read article ↗A practical scenario: a Vietnamese exporter to the US is sued at the ITC (US International Trade Commission) for alleged patent infringement — the ITC issues an exclusion…
Read article ↗A practical scenario: a German investor’s Vietnamese project is revoked; its lawyers invoke EVIPA to threaten international investment litigation. Vietnam’s lawyers retort: “EVIPA isn’t in force — you…
Read article ↗Every year, a number of Vietnamese footwear consignments to the EU are denied EVFTA tariff preference — and the cause is rarely that “the goods genuinely fail to…
Read article ↗Shrimp and pangasius are flagship Vietnamese exports to the EU — and also among the products EU customs selects most often for origin verification. When a consignment is…
Read article ↗Under EVFTA, Vietnamese exporters are not obliged to obtain a C/O EUR.1 for every consignment — they may make out a “statement on origin” directly on the commercial…
Read article ↗EVFTA origin rules for textiles are famously strict, built around the “from fabric onwards” principle: the fabric must be woven in Vietnam or the EU for the garment…
Read article ↗Illustration: Wheat field — Source: Wikimedia Commons (CC). Most UKVFTA commentary looks one way: Vietnamese goods going to Britain. Less noticed is the reverse flow: Vietnamese businesses buying…
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