“Commercial” Disputes Under Vietnamese Arbitration Law: Insights From a Recent Vietnamese Court Decision
A recent decision by the People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City (“Court”)—Decision No. 35/2025/QD-PQTT, dated 26 February 2025 (“Decision 35”)—offers important insights into what constitutes a “commercial” dispute under Vietnamese arbitration law. In this case, the Court held that the underlying dispute was non-arbitrable as it was of a civil and not commercial nature,…