Kluwer: The Rapidly Shifting Landscape of Arbitral Award Enforcement in Vietnam

Published on August 24, 2025

Vietnam recently implemented sweeping reforms to streamline its government structure including its court system. Vietnam has also created an international financial centre (โ€œIFCโ€) that is subject to a separate legal regime and will be promoted in part through a liberalized arbitration framework. These changes will likely have a far-reaching impact on the arbitration landscape in Vietnam, as they create three separate enforcement regimes in Vietnam for arbitral awards.