Asset Recovery & Enforcement
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Debt Recovery in Vietnam’s Real Estate Sector
- 29 October 2025
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- by Stephen Le
In Vietnam’s booming real estate market, delayed payments and unpaid debts have become an all-too-common challenge. Whether you’re a developer waiting on buyer installments, a contractor left with unpaid invoices, or an investor whose partner has breached a joint venture agreement, unresolved financial obligations can create significant strain. The stakes are high-transactions often involve large sums, complex contracts, and cross-border parties. Unfortunately, many creditors wait too long or follow the wrong procedures, making recovery more difficult....
Asset Recovery in Vietnam: Turning Judgments into Cash
- 16 September 2025
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- by Stephen Le
Winning in court is only half the battle. In Vietnam, turning a judgment into actual recovery can be a long and complex journey, especially when assets are hidden, transferred, or held under another’s name. From freezing orders to criminal complaints, creditors have powerful tools at their disposal, but timing, strategy, and deep local insight are everything. In this post, Stephen Le breaks down Vietnam’s asset recovery framework, the types of assets that can be pursued, and...
Navigating Cross Border Debt Recovery in Vietnam
- 08 August 2025
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- by Stephen Le
Unpaid debts don’t stop at national borders and neither should your enforcement strategy. Whether you’re a foreign company facing a nonpaying Vietnamese counterparty, or a local creditor struggling to collect from overseas, cross-border debt recovery demands more than persistence. It requires deep legal insight, treaty awareness, and early action. In this post, Stephen Le outlines how creditors can recover debts in and out of Vietnam, from enforcing foreign judgments and arbitral awards, to securing interim relief...
Debt Recovery Through Arbitration or Litigation: Which is Better?
- 10 July 2025
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- by Stephen Le
When a debtor refuses to pay or contests a claim, the path to recovery is rarely straightforward. For both domestic and foreign creditors, the decision to pursue arbitration or litigation can significantly impact the outcome both legally and financially. Understanding the strengths, limitations, and enforcement potential of each method is essential for making the right strategic choice. In this article, we examine how arbitration and litigation differ as tools for debt dispute resolution, especially within the...
Cross-Border Debt Recovery in Vietnam
- 21 June 2025
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- by Stephen Le
In today’s interconnected economy, unpaid debts do not stop at national borders. As companies expand internationally, they face the increasing risk of defaulting debtors in foreign jurisdictions. These risks can impact financial stability, operational planning, and business relationships especially in contracts involving large sums or cross border partnerships. Vietnam, with its fast-growing role in global trade and investment, is both a frequent origin and destination in international debt disputes. Yet collecting on foreign debts or enforcing...
Asset Recovery in Vietnam: Legal Options for Creditors
- 13 June 2025
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- by Stephen Le
For many creditors, the frustration of securing a court judgment only to find the debtor’s assets hidden, transferred, or dissipated is all too familiar. In Vietnam, these challenges are amplified by jurisdictional nuances, procedural hurdles, and limited access to financial transparency. Despite holding valid claims or enforceable awards, many creditors find themselves navigating a maze of legal complexity in their pursuit of recovery. This includes domestic and foreign creditors facing evasive debtors, procedural ambiguity, and a...
Asset Recovery in Cross-Border Disputes: Navigating International Challenges
- 01 September 2024
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- by Stephen Le
Cross-border disputes involving asset recovery present a complex web of legal, financial, and logistical challenges. Whether assets are tied up in international financial crime or hidden through elaborate offshore schemes, retrieving them often requires navigating multiple jurisdictions and legal systems. Companies and individuals engaged in these disputes face a myriad of hurdles—from differing legal frameworks to the difficulty of tracking assets that have been transferred across borders. In Vietnam and many other regions, the ability to...
Legal Risks In Business: What You Need To Know
- 22 August 2024
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- by Stephen Le
Business operate in an environment inherently fraught with numerous risks, ranging from market risks, policy changes, legal issues, financial instability, human resources, and more. Among these are legal risks which are not uncommon and often leave severe and debilitating consequences. Some businesses inadvertently or deliberately violate the law due to a lack of legal knowledge. While others, despite having a team of experts or regular legal advisors, will still encounter risks during their operations. While legal...
Seizing, Handling of Asset & The Right to Initiate a Lawsuit
- 19 January 2022
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- by Stephen Le
The enforcement procedure in general and civil judgment enforcement in particular which take less attention, but it plays a very important role in a dispute. If the judgment debtor has conditions but does not voluntarily enforce the judgment, at this time the judgment enforcement agency has the right to enforce the judgment. Seizing, handling of asset of judgment debtor is one of the grounds for coercive the judgment enforcement according to Article 71.3 of 2008 Law...
