Region: Vietnam

A SIAC tribunal that was asked by a Singapore court to revisit a US$570 million award in favour of a sanctioned Russian engineering group against Vietnam’s national oil and gas company has issued a new award – again finding the underlying contract had been validly terminated.

18 March 2025

UPDATED. A Russian court has enforced a US$500 million SIAC award won by a sanctioned Russian engineering group against Vietnam’s national oil and gas company – despite a stay of enforcement issued by the Singapore courts. 

23 September 2024

A Singapore court has remitted a US$500 million SIAC award won by a sanctioned Russian engineering group against Vietnam’s national oil and gas company to the tribunal to hear further submissions on whether the underlying contract was validly terminated.  

13 August 2024

EP Legal, the law firm founded by Vietnam-based arbitration lawyer Tony Nguyen, has merged with Dentons LuatViet. 

06 June 2024

The Vietnam International Arbitration Centre is reportedly hearing a US$152 million claim by Japanese conglomerate Hitachi against a Vietnamese state-owned company over a delayed project to construct a metro line.

05 June 2024

Featured in The Asia-Pacific Arbitration Review 2025

10 May 2024

UPDATED. A sanctioned Russian engineering company has won more than US$500 million in a SIAC arbitration with Vietnam’s national oil and gas company, after defeating a much larger counterclaim. 

12 February 2024

A French court has upheld an UNCITRAL tribunal’s decision to hear a dual national’s US$2.5 billion treaty claim against Vietnam over the cancellation of a thermal power project.

18 September 2023

Featured in The Asia-Pacific Arbitration Review 2024

26 May 2023

A Singapore court has placed the developer of a large power plant project in Vietnam in judicial management, refusing to grant a stay on the grounds that a disputed debt should be referred to SIAC arbitration.

25 May 2023