Special Alert | 2018 Cybersecurity Law – Impacts on Users and Service Providers in Cyberspace 31 - 08 - 2018 On 12 June 2018, the Cybersecurity Bill was ratified by the National Assembly of Vietnam with an approval rate of 86.86%. The Cybersecurity Law is due to take effect on 1 January 2019 and provides [...]
The new Cyber Security Law was passed last week by Vietnam’s National Assembly. The new law comes with a great deal of international controversy and doubts as to whether the law is actually in conformity with existing international treaties of which Vietnam is a signatory. Three major concerns arise from a perusal of international coverage [...]
Forgive my tardiness this week, as I like to put these up on Monday afternoon Indochina time, but I was in attendance at the 140th International Trademark Association in Seattle, Washington throughout this week. I know that's no excuse and that I should burn the midnight oil to put out product, but I am only [...]
The Law on Technology Transfer No. 80/2006/QH11 (the “2006 LOTT”) was issued on 29 November 2006 when Vietnam was preparing for its accession to the WTO. During it’s more than 10 years of implementation, the 2006 LOTT contributed an important role in promoting innovation activities and technology transfers, applying advantages of science and technology in [...]
In a previous article regarding the challenges of resolving “.vn” domain name disputes in Vietnam, we mentioned the recent increase in the number of “.vn” domain names and concomitantly the increase in the number of “.vn” domain name disputes. Although there are four solutions to resolve such disputes, none of them seems good enough to [...]