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Vietnam: Exploring the Legal Landscape of Data Center Services

Digital data (“data”) is a key pillar of Vietnam’s strategy for increasing intellectual competence and value in the rapidly-evolving digital age, which is driven by artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and other cutting-edge technologies. As a result, all key stakeholders, particularly regulators and businesses, seek secure, reliable, efficient, and scalable storage solutions for this valuable resource, as part of digital transformation (DX), the digital economy, and business growth. Vietnam has taken steps to increase its pace in the DX race at the national level. In late 2023, the government of Vietnam approved a plan for construction of three national data centers (“DC”) in Vietnam. The first is located in Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park in Hanoi City, and has an expected area of...To read the full article, please see the PDF file

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Authors

平松 哲

Akira HIRAMATSU

  • Partner
  • Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh City

He has worked in Vietnam since 2014, and is currently a representative of our Hanoi Office. He has mainly provided legal advice to many Japanese and international companies on various cross border M&A cases and other cross border transactions, including the acquisition of shares in listed companies and large scale companies in various industries. He also provides advice on compliance, labor law, corporate disputes and general corporate and commercial transactions based on his extensive knowledge and experience.

武藤 司郎

Shiro MUTO

  • Counsel
  • Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh City

Since 1996, Shiro has worked for about three and a half years at the Vietnamese Ministry of Justice as a long-term expert in a project to support the development of laws by the Japan International Cooperation Agency. He has been using his network of contacts within the Vietnamese government to support clients in a wide range of fields, including the establishment of new overseas subsidiaries and acquisition support, labor disputes, disputes and arbitration with joint venture partners, and negotiations with the government, mainly in the areas with restrictions on foreign investment such as financial, real estate, and logistics. Since 2015, he has served as chairman of the Legal Subcommittee of the Vietnam Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and has been involved in the establishment and amendments of the Vietnam Investment Law, the Enterprise Law , the Land Law, and the PPP Law, Draft Decree on Protection of Personal Data in the Japan-Vietnam Joint Initiative and other areas relevant to foreign investment, providing advice to clients that is consistent with local circumstances based on experience from being involved in the legislative process in Vietnam.

グエン・トゥアン・アン

NGUYEN Tuan Anh

  • Partner
  • Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh City

Tuan Anh joined our firm in August 2015 after spending approximately seven years practicing law at local firms, which included one of the first-tier local law firms in Vietnam. With extensive expertise in data protection, M&A, labor law, compliance-related matters, e-commerce platforms, and corporate crisis management, he provides his clients and Japanese attorneys with tailored legal services in those practice areas in Vietnam. His legal advice, solutions, and recommendations are always appreciated by his Japanese colleagues in our firm’s Vietnam practice group due to their reliability, practicality, and appropriateness. He also has lectured clients’ employees on anti-corruption and compliance matters, labor regulations, and personal data protection laws. Furthermore, he is often asked to assist the JCCI in Vietnam in commenting on key drafts of laws and decrees (e.g., investment, enterprise, data, and personal data protection laws and guiding decrees) promulgated by the governmental bodies of Vietnam. He has collaborated with the operator of one of the fastest-growing and most widely used technology platforms, based in Atlanta, Georgia, on certain writing projects and a webinar on data privacy regulations related to Vietnam.