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Lac Thi Tu Duy
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After graduating from Ho Chi Minh City University of Law in 2007, Ms. Tu Duy began working for Vilaf – Hong Duc, a leading law firm in Ho Chi Minh City, specializing in tax, labour and employment and security transactions until the end of 2008. From 2009 to date, Ms.Tu Duy has been working for P&P and involved in a large number of cases in a variety of legal fields, including civil, family, labour employment, tax, real estate, corporate governance and other business and commercial issues. As relating to the mentioned legal fields, Ms. Tu Duy acted as one of the leading litigators of the litigation team and has extensive experience working with various dispute resolution agencies and other state authorities to resolve related disagreements effectively.

Vietnam: Disputes arising from NDA – who volunteers to put “Wukong’s magical circlet” on?
Business,Cybersecurity,Intellectual Property,Regional Law,Vietnam

Reading Time: 7 minutesIn the case of a company that has sued its employee (“Employee”) for breaching a Non-Disclosure and Non–Competition Agreement limiting the Employee from working for the company’s competitors (non–competition agreement), several controversial assessments and legal precedents have followed. As made by the Commercial Arbitration Council (CAC), these have delivered different opinions to the concerned parties, […]

Vietnam: When subsidiaries go bankrupt – can creditors “seek compensation” from parent companies?
Business,Business Advice,Regional Law,Vietnam

Reading Time: 6 minutesIt is normal and recommended to allow a subsidiary which operates ineffectively and falls into insolvency to go bankrupt for the sake of a healthy business environment. However, except for subsidiaries which are only the front companies to conceal non-transparent or illegal business activities of parent companies, the bankruptcy of an enterprise causes losses to […]

Vietnam: The case between Vinasun and Grab: awaiting the judge’s decision
Business,Competition Law,Regional Law,Vietnam

Reading Time: 5 minutesRead the first part to Lac Thi Tu Duy’s commentary on the Vinasun v Grab dispute here. The dispute seems not to be the private matter between Grab and Vinasun anymore, but a battle between the “traditional taxi” and the “tech-based taxi”. We need to know what point of view the judge holds in this […]

Vietnam: May the buffalo sue the tractor?
Business,Business Advice,Competition Law,Regional Law,Vietnam

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe panel hearing the case between Vinasun and Grab appears to be taking the more prudent approach before giving a ruling. It has adjourned the first-instance hearing until 22/11/2018; to have more time to verify and collect evidence before providing its conclusion regarding the alleged VND41 billion damage suffered by Vinasun. However, whatever the result […]

Vietnam: “Battle” against plastic carrier bags: Experience from England
Business,Environment,Regional Law,Vietnam

Reading Time: 5 minutesIncreasing the environmental protection tax rate in regards to production from VND40,000 up to VND200,000/kilogram of produced plastic carrier bags as drafted by the Ministry of Finance appears to only make an impression on figures. Since the end of the period of 2014-2016, during a training course at a UK university, I have witnessed an […]