• Date: Friday, 11 Dec 2020
  • Venue: Mövenpick Hanoi Hotel, 83A Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi City.

TENTATIVE AGENDA:

Time Topic                    Speakers
12:30 – 13:00  R.S.V.P
13:00 – 13:20  Opening Remarks  – The President of VBF

– A representative of JFBA
13:20 – 13:30  The relationship between Vietnam – Japan, the intersection and differences between Japanese and Vietnamese investment and business cultures.   – The Ambassador of Japan to Vietnam
13:30 – 13:40  A representative of the Ministry of Justice gives a speech
13:40 – 13:50  A brief presentation on the investment situation from Japan to Vietnam   – A representative of the Ministry of Planning and Investment
13:50 – 14:50  Panel 1:

  1. Key issues under the new Law on Enterprise and potential issues for foreign investors
  2. The new Law on Investment and potential implications on foreign investment projects
  3. New Regulations and notable issues on  Merger Filling under the Law on Competition of Viet Nam
   – Moderator: Mr. Tran Anh Duc, Partner, Allen & Overy
– Panelists:

  • Ms. Diep Hoai Nam, Partner, YKVN
  • Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thuy, Partner, LNT&Partners
  • Ms. Dinh Anh Tuyet, Managing Partner, IDVN Lawyers
14:50 – 15:20  Q&A – break –
15:20 – 16:20  Panel 2:

1.    Legal and practical issues under the Labor Law of Viet Nam – challenges for Japanese investors (or other topic to be proposed by JCCI) (20 minutes)

2.    Business culture of Japanese investors – differences in culture and institutions compared to Vietnam (JCCI/JICA)
(20 minutes)

3.    Experience in using services provided by Vietnamese lawyers and issues to be aware of when cooperating, providing legal services to Japanese enterprises (A representative of Japanese in Vietnam – JCCI) (20 minutes)

  – 02 Representatives of JCCI/JICA

– A Representative of VBLC
16:20 – 16:45  Q&A
16:45 – 17:00  Cooperation initiatives – annual exchange between the lawyers on trade, investment of VBF/VBLC and JFBA (VBLC) (10 minutes) –

Closing Remarks

  Ms. Tuyet – VBLC
17:00 – 18:00  Drink
18:00 – 21:00  VBLC Year End Party