The In-House Community (IHC) is hosting a webinar on The Future of Energy: A Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam Legal Update for In-House Counsel on Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 3PM (Vietnam Time). IHC has invited legal experts from Vietnam, Myanmar, and Thailand. VILAF Chairperson, Ms. Duyen Ha Vo shall be hosting a session on the Implications of Vietnam’s New PPP Laws on Energy Projects covering: Incentives, Investor Selection Capital Requirements Governing Law, Dispute Resolution and Other […]
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Implications of Vietnam’s new PPP laws to LNG-to-power projects
Posted on Jun 17, 2021 in Publication by VILAF
Among the available PPP models in Vietnam, build-operate-transfer (BOT) is probably the most realistic considering the availability of an established legal framework for off-taking and state-sponsored contracts and precedent BOT projects. Sponsors would want the power project to be owned by the BOT company under a BOT contract with the relevant state authority and the LNG infrastructure to be owned by a separate joint venture company, with the cost of LNG infrastructure to be passed […]
The latest HSBC Asia Economics Quarterly report shows Vietnam successfully dealing with the pandemic crisis with the fastest growth in Asia in 2020. The bank forecasts Vietnam will carry the momentum into 2021 and recommends investing in Vietnam’s stock market, at least in the short term. Vietnam’s securities authorities are actively working with global providers of financial services in MSCI and FTSE Russell to speed up the process for upgrading Vietnam’s stock market to Secondary […]
On 21 April 2021, VILAF was awarded the 2021 Most Responsive Domestic Law Firm of the Year in the In-House Community Counsels of the Year e-Ceremony 2021. VILAF has won this prestigious award five times since 2015. VILAF was also named the In-House Community Firm of the Year in Compliance Regulatory, Corporate and M&A, Energy & Natural Resources, and Real Estate & Construction. Annually, the In-House Community (IHC) recognizes law firms offering innovative solutions to […]