Since it was first promulgated in 1995, The Labor Code of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has undergone amendments and additions on four separate occasions, the last of which, in 2012, was considered the most fundamental and comprehensive revision. However, in the process of trade integration and legal application, the code still h...
On December 2, 2019, a solemn ceremony was held to launch the first ever pipeline deliveries of Russian gas to China via the "Eastern" route — the main gas pipeline “Power of Siberia”, the so-called “Eastern route”. More than 5 years of negotiations and 5 years of active project implementation ...
A proud moment to bookend another year of growth and success, on the 10th of December 2019 in Milan, Italy, D’Andrea & Partners Legal Counsel were presented with the Capital Elite Award at China Awards, a recognition of companies, law firms, entrepreneurs, professionals and institutions that have distinguished themselves in rel...
The great strides taken towards the protection of personal data in the European Union, put in motion by the General Data Protection Rules of 2016, have triggered Indian legislature to provide meaningful measures to data protection laws in India. Previously proposed in the last winter session, the ‘Personal Data Protection Bill’, ...
On 12 December 2019, the EU Directive No. 2019/2121 of the European Parliament and Council amending the former Directive No. 2017/1132 on cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The new directive, which shall be implemented by all Member States by 31 January 2023...
After nearly ten years, the MUJI trademark case has finally been finalized. Last month, Beijing’ high court made a final judgment on the dispute over MUJI's trademark infringement, and ordered Japan’s Muji and its subsidiaries to immediately stop infringing the exclusive right to use the registered trademark of Miantian Company...
On January 1, 2020, amendments to Federal Law on Currency Regulation and Currency Control No. 173-FZ (hereinafter referred to as the Currency Law or the Law) came into force. Compared to the previous version of the Law, the amended legislation lowers the barriers for the repatriation of funds under foreign trade agreements and provid...
The number of foreigners entering Vietnam has grown consistently in recent years, both for tourism and business reasons. Vietnam received nearly 16.3 million foreign visitors in the first 11 months of the year, increasing 15.4% year-on-year. The Law on Entry, Exit, Transit and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam needed amendments whic...
On 2019 October 16, The World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) published The World Intellectual Property Indicators 2019, which demonstrated that in 2018, innovators across the world filed 3.3 million patent applications in 2018. The China National Intellectual Property Administration (“CNIPA”) received 1.5 million...
Enthused by a record outside venture inflow, India is idealistic in proceeding to become one of the world's most beloved FDI destinations in 2020 on the back of the government's altered standards and a huge bounce in the country’s position in the World Bank’s Simplicity of Working Together report. The Secretary in the Department ...
