Duong, Nguyen Binh --- "Investment related provisions of EVFTA: implications for Vietnam’s policy reforms" [2018] ELECD 1625; in Chaisse, Julien (ed), "China-European Union Investment Relationships" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 193

Book Title: China-European Union Investment Relationships

Editor(s): Chaisse, Julien

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781788971898

Section: Chapter 11

Section Title: Investment related provisions of EVFTA: implications for Vietnam’s policy reforms

Author(s): Duong, Nguyen Binh

Number of pages: 13

Abstract/Description:

This chapter looks at the EU-Vietnam FTA investment chapter which can be seen as a template for the EU-China CAI. On 2 December 2015, the negotiation of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement was officially completed. This is a new generation FTA __with a very wide scope. One of the chapters considered to have direct impacts on Vietnam’s law is investment chapter. This chapter aims to analyse investment-related provisions of EVFTA and to indicate some incompatibilities between EVFTA investment provisions and Vietnamese law. Basing on these analyses, the chapter proposes some recommendations for Vietnam to reform the legal system to improve the investment environment, to facilitate sustainable development and to benefit both domestic and foreign investors.