Vietnamese authorities have dismantled a sophisticated illegal sports streaming operation that broadcast premium content like the English Premier League to hundreds of thousands of daily viewers. The network employed advanced evasion tactics including offshore domains, encrypted communications, and cryptocurrency payments while generating revenue through embedded advertisements and gambling platform redirects.

While Vietnam's anti-corruption push has been ongoing for several years, 2022 marked an acceleration in the process with several high-profile take downs. How is this being seen by your clients...

A new decree on penalties for violations related to the crypto asset market creates compliance risks for offshore crypto asset exchanges in Vietnam that do not hold, and practically cannot obtain, a Vietnamese license, and for Vietnamese users who continue to transact on those platforms.

The Department of Justice recently announced, "[i]n the first [criminal] prosecution of its kind," that husband and wife owners of wound graft companies were sentenced...

Is there a law to protect whistleblowers? If so, which law?

Yet Vietnam still poses challenges for foreign businesses wanting to invest in the country.

The decree results in changes of decisions related to the suspension or temporary reassignment of official duties, the definition of extremely serious cases of corruption is changes and the periodic...

The Vietnamese government introduced Resolution 119/NQ-CP (Resolution 119) in December 2019 to address increasing cases of origin fraud and illegal transshipment.

On 1 July 2019 the Vietnamese government issued new regulations pursuant to Decree No. 59/2019/ND-CP (the New Regulations)

OM: Whether the law can prevent or stop these various modes of corruption depends on how well the law is enforced.

The Vietnamese economy is expected to grow by 6% annually in the coming years, driven by a growing domestic market and a young, educated and hard-working population that is also the fastest-growing middle class in South Asia.

Vietnam is one of the crown jewels in Asia's high growth emerging markets, often presenting an easier base for business in China than China itself. Yet Vietnam still poses challenges for foreign...

Online counterfeiters use many measures to bypass state agencies, thus making it difficult to prevent counterfeiting from selling on Facebook, Youtube or social networking sites.

On conducting customs procedures for exported or imported goods, the customs authority shall be responsible to inspect and compare the declared information of the goods owners on the written customs declarations..

The National Assembly amended the 2015 Penal Code and introduced corporate criminal liability for certain violations and commercial bribery.

Recently, Vietnam has witnessed a dramatic increase in cyber fraud, causing significant financial losses and posing a grave threat to both Vietnamese and foreign entities.

Vietnam cemented itself as Asia's "shining star" during the COVID-19 pandemic. While many countries struggled to balance managing a healthcare crisis and preserving the economy, Vietnam bucked the trend.

On December 14, 2023, The US enacted the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act that criminalizes the act of a foreign official who requests, demands or receives a bribe from a US citizen, US corporation or its subsidiary, or from a multinational corporation that is listed on the US Stock Exchange.

The score is at best modest, but the steady improvement is noteworthy.

Vietnam faces unprecedented pressure from the United States Trade Representative over intellectual property enforcement, particularly in pharmaceutical counterfeiting. Following its designation as a Priority Foreign Country in April 2026, Vietnam launched a nationwide crackdown and restructured its IP enforcement framework, with recent police operations revealing large-scale counterfeit medicine rings that pose serious public health risks.