FLAT Legal Journal
Riverbed and sea sand mining is today’s most scrutinised minerals segment: on one side, enormous fill demand from infrastructure projects; on the other, riverbank erosion, coastal retreat and…
Read article ↗There is no single answer to ‘can foreigners mine in Vietnam’ — the answer changes by mineral group: common construction materials are wide open, precious metals and strategic…
Read article ↗A mine and its neighbouring community live side by side for decades, and friction is almost unavoidable: dust over fields, discoloured water, houses cracking after each blast. When…
Read article ↗Mining concentrates the heaviest occupational risks: tunnel collapses, blasting, toxic gas and dust diseases accumulated over years. When a fatal accident happens, liability does not stop at compensation…
Read article ↗Gold is a special mineral: at once a licensed mining resource and a monetary commodity under the State Bank’s separate management. That double layer makes gold mining unlike…
Read article ↗Vietnam sits among the world’s largest rare-earth reserve holders, and rare earths are strategic inputs for magnets, EVs and defence supply chains. But ‘having reserves’ and ‘being allowed…
Read article ↗The environmental rehabilitation deposit is money locked away for the whole life of a mine — for a large mine, a sum big enough that the finance team…
Read article ↗Exploration is the compulsory gateway to every mining project in Vietnam: without exploration results and approved reserves there is no exploitation licence. But an exploration licence is not…
Read article ↗When a developer offers to ‘install solar free on your factory roof and sell you power below EVN’s price’, the factory enters a three-layer legal relationship: energy, real…
Read article ↗The question ‘a foreigner owns a villa in Vietnam — may they rent it short-term to tourists’ mixes two different rights: a foreign individual’s home-ownership right and the…
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