Company M v. Company S [2023] People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City, Decision No. 696/2023/QD-PQTT The Seller – Company M and the Buyer – Company S entered into Contract No. 1-21 and Schedule No. 1-21 in 2021 for the purchase and sale of cashew nuts of the 2021 crop season, with payment on a… Continue reading HO CHI MINH CITY PEOPLE’S COURT SETS ASIDE ARBITRAL AWARD IN A CASHEW NUTS SALE DISPUTE
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COURT SET ASIDE ARBITRAL AWARD DUE TO ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL’S ERRONEOUS IN APPLYING THE PRINCIPLE OF KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT OBJECTION TO THE AUTHORITY TO CONCLUDE AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT
[2019] Ho Chi Minh City Court, Decision No. 1098/2019/QD-PQTT BACKGROUND This dispute arose from a service contract between SG Company Limited (“SSY”—the Award Debtor) and VL Company Limited (“VL”—the Award Creditor) signed in 2013, which contained an arbitration agreement selecting the Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (“VIAC”) as the dispute resolution authority. During the performance of… Continue reading COURT SET ASIDE ARBITRAL AWARD DUE TO ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL’S ERRONEOUS IN APPLYING THE PRINCIPLE OF KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT OBJECTION TO THE AUTHORITY TO CONCLUDE AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT
RETROSPECTIVE LEGAL CONFLICT: ARBITRAL AWARD SET ASIDE DUE TO POST-AWARD DISCOVERY OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
S Investment JSC v. Q JSC—Decision No. 2542/2023/QĐ-PQTT INTRODUCTION The Court of Ho Chi Minh City issued a decision to set aside an award rendered by an Arbitral Tribunal under the Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (“VIAC”), based on a finding that the Arbitral Tribunal had breached fundamental principles of Vietnamese law by rendering an arbitral… Continue reading RETROSPECTIVE LEGAL CONFLICT: ARBITRAL AWARD SET ASIDE DUE TO POST-AWARD DISCOVERY OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS AND ARBITRAL AWARDS SETTING ASIDE – LESSONS FROM A HO CHI MINH CITY COURT DECISION
A -v- B Construction and Materials JSC [2021] HCMC Court Decision Case No. 92/2021/TLST-KDTM INTRODUCTION This case concerns a petition to set aside Arbitral Award No. 04/2021/PQ-TT dated 27 May 2021, issued by the Arbitral Tribunal of the Ho Chi Minh City Comercial Arbitration Centre (“TRACENT”), in a dispute between B Construction and Materials JSC… Continue reading STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS AND ARBITRAL AWARDS SETTING ASIDE – LESSONS FROM A HO CHI MINH CITY COURT DECISION
COURT SETS ASIDE ARBITRAL AWARD FOR “VIOLATION OF ARBITRATOR IMPARTIALITY AND PRINCIPLES OF CONSUMER PROTECTION”
G Joint Stock Company -v- PST Pte. Ltd. [2022] HCMC Court Decision No. 101/2022/TLST-KDTM INTRODUCTION This was a challenge to an arbitral award issued by the Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (“VIAC”), brought by G Joint Stock Company, which had been the Respondent in the arbitration. The Court of Ho Chi Minh City set aside the… Continue reading COURT SETS ASIDE ARBITRAL AWARD FOR “VIOLATION OF ARBITRATOR IMPARTIALITY AND PRINCIPLES OF CONSUMER PROTECTION”
COURT SETS ASIDE AN ARBITRAL AWARD DUE TO THE “ABSENCE OF ARBITRATION AGREEMENT” AND “DISPUTE IS NOT WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL”
D Entertainment Investment Services Company Limited (Company D) v. V Joint Stock Company (Company V) [2023] Ba Ria–Vung Tau People’s Court, Decision No 02/2023/QĐ-PQTT The parties had agreed to a business cooperation to run an electronic gaming club for foreign patrons inside a hotel in Vung Tau. Controversies appeared, and they exchanged letters/emails to terminate… Continue reading COURT SETS ASIDE AN ARBITRAL AWARD DUE TO THE “ABSENCE OF ARBITRATION AGREEMENT” AND “DISPUTE IS NOT WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL”
SILENCE ISN’T CONSENT: WHEN ARBITRATORS OVERREACH
In the realm of arbitration, party autonomy—the principle that parties freely choose how to resolve their disputes—is paramount. No party should be compelled into arbitration without clear, mutual, and explicit consent. This fundamental principle dictates that arbitration agreements must be unequivocally written and enforceable. This principle was reinforced in Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds Int’l Corp.,… Continue reading SILENCE ISN’T CONSENT: WHEN ARBITRATORS OVERREACH
SUBMISSION AGREEMENTS AS A SOLUTION FOR MULTI-PARTY MARITIME DISPUTES
Foreword Maritime commerce operates through intricate contractual chains: shipowners charter to head charterers, who sub-charter to sub-charterers, who arrange cargo transportation for cargo interests, all backed by insurers at multiple levels. When disputes erupt such as a cargo damage claim, a collision, or a charter party breach, these contractual chains fracture into parallel proceedings across… Continue reading SUBMISSION AGREEMENTS AS A SOLUTION FOR MULTI-PARTY MARITIME DISPUTES
APPOINTING ARBITRATORS IN AD HOC ARBITRATION: COMPARATIVE LEGAL PERSPECTIVES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR VIETNAM
Foreword Arbitration is becoming increasingly favored in both international and domestic commercial practice. Businesses and investors now prefer arbitration over litigation because it offers flexibility, confidentiality, and cross-border enforceability. Within this broad framework, ad hoc arbitration has attracted particular attention for the high degree of autonomy it grants to the disputing parties. It allows them… Continue reading APPOINTING ARBITRATORS IN AD HOC ARBITRATION: COMPARATIVE LEGAL PERSPECTIVES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR VIETNAM
PARTIES TO AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT
Foreword An arbitration agreement, while fundamentally a contractual arrangement, operates within a unique hybrid framework that blends contractual principles with procedural rules of arbitration law, as well as the parties’ personal laws. The effectiveness of an arbitration agreement hinges not only on its form and scope, but also on whether the parties have the legal… Continue reading PARTIES TO AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT