• Dang Vu Minh Ha

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• Office: Hanoi

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YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 7 years

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
• LL.B – International Law - Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
• LL.M – International Commercial Law - University of Leicester (United Kingdom)
• Admitted to Hanoi Bar, Vietnam
• Certificate for participating the PIDA training on international commercial arbitration of ICC, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam in April 2019.
• Member of Young ICCA [under the auspices of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)].
• Member – Young SIAC [under the auspices of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)

NOTABLE MATTERS

International Commercial Arbitration involving construction, energy, retailers, maritime, aviation and international sale disputes
• An ICC arbitration of under USD 500 million involving an oil and gas contract;
• A VIAC arbitration of more than USD 7 million related to a maritime dispute arising from a collision in Vietnam;
• A VIAC arbitration of over USD 100 million involving the construction of one of the tallest and most well-known skyscrapers in Vietnam;
• A VIAC arbitration of USD 10 million dispute between a Korean contractor and its employer, one of the largest state-owned bank in Vietnam;
• A VIAC arbitration related to a construction sub-contract between a Vietnamese corporation and a Malaysian company;
• A VIAC arbitration related to sale and purchase contract of steel scraps between a Vietnamese corporation and a Hong Kong company;
• Several VIAC arbitration regarding a number of sale and purchase contracts of steel scraps between a British company and a number of Vietnamese companies;
• A VIAC arbitration related to an aviation re-insurance contract between two Vietnamese insurers;
• A SIAC arbitration between a Korean company and a Vietnamese company regarding a share sale-purchase agreement;
• A SIAC arbitration between a Vietnamese trading company and the international seller in a sale contract;
• A SIAC arbitration between a Korean trading company and a Vietnamese buyer arising from a contract for sale and purchase of scrap.
• A SCMA arbitration between a Korean charterer and a Hong Kong shipowner arising from a charter party.

Recognition and Enforcement
• Participating in proceedings on recognition and enforcement in Vietnam of a number of English arbitral awards rendered by the International Cotton Association in favour of a Swiss trading group;
• Participating in proceedings on recognition and enforcement in Vietnam of English arbitral awards rendered by the International Cotton Association in favour of a US corporation;
• Participating in proceedings on recognition and enforcement in Vietnam of arbitral awards rendered by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) in favour of a Korea-US Partnership;
• Involving in proceedings on recognition and enforcement in Vietnam of an arbitral award rendered by Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) in favour of corporation of British Virgin Island (BVI);

Ship Arrest
• Assisting Clubs under IG (such as JPI, NoE, WoE, Shipowners, Standards, etc) and their Members in lifting a number of Arrest Orders at the Vietnamese courts;
• Advising the client on the possibility to arrest a luxury yatch in Vietnam;
• Advising the clients on the possibility to arrest a vessel to secure a maritime claim in Vietnam;
• Assisting Vietnamese shipowners in lifting the Arrest Orders against their vessels in other jurisdictions such as India or Indonesia.
• Assisting foreign clients in arresting foreign vessels calling at Vietnamese ports to secure their maritime claims.

Cargo claims
• Assisting a Slovakian freight forwarder in resolution of the cargo stuck in Vietnamese ports due to the local restrictions on importing scrap;
• Assisting a Korean trading company in dealing with the Vietnamese buyer to resolve the cargo stuck on board a vessel due to local restriction on import of scrap;
• Advising and assisting a number of top leading shipping lines in resolution of cargo abandoned at Vietnamese ports due to the local restrictions on importing scrap.

Demurrage claims
• Advising and supporting an international company in negotiating with the local coal buyer in amicable settlement of the claims on demurrage charges;
• Supporting a Vietnamese shipowners in claiming foreign charterers for demurrage charges arising from the charter parties;
• Advising on the possibility to exercise a lien on cargo to recover the debt arising from demurrage charges.

Collision and allision
• Assisting a Japanese leading underwriter (P&I) and a Korean underwriter (H&M) to settle the claims of local barge owners arising from the collision of a vessel and a local barge;
• Assisting the P&I underwriter and H&M underwriter and the shipowner to settle the claims arising from a collision between a Korean and a Vietnamese vessels near Ho Chi Minh city;
• Assisting a local underwriter in recovery from a foreign underwriter related to the claims arising from a collision between a river cruise and a vessel;
• Assisting an IG Club and the shipowner to negotiate with a local buoy owner to settle their claims and release the vessel after she contacted a buoy in Go Gia river, Ho Chi Minh City;
• Assisting P&I Club and shipowner in dealing with the salvage of a sunken vessel near Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam;
• Assisting local underwriter, its re-insurer and the shipowners in dealing with the cargo and non-cargo claims arising from the sinking of a local cargo vessel.
• Assisting Club and its Member in an alledged collision claims raised by the local fishermen.

PUBLICATIONS
• Vietnam Chapter in International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration, ICCA & Kluwer Law International, 2020 (Published) (Co-author);
• Vietnam Chapter on Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, Anselmo Reyes (ed.), Bloomsbury, 2019, (Co-author);
• Vietnam Chapter in The Asia-Pacific Arbitration Review 2017 of Global Arbitration Review, Law Business Research LTD (UK) (Co-author);
• Vietnam Chapter in Getting the Deal Through – Arbitration 2014 (Published) (Global Arbitration Review), Law Business Research LTD (UK) (Co-author);
• Vietnam Chapter in IBA Arbitration – Country Guides (Co-author);
• Vietnam Chapter in Loukas Mistelis and Laurence Shore, Editors, World Arbitration Reporter 2nd edn (WAR) (Co – author);
• New Supreme Court’s Guidance of Law on Commercial Arbitration of Vietnam – A Pro-arbitration Perspective – published on Arbitration Watch (Co- author);
• The application of liquidated damage in arbitration at the Vietnam International Arbitration Center (VIAC) (Co-author);
• Conflict of interests of arbitrator in arbitral proceedings (Co-author);
• “Vietnam – An Arbitration – Friendly Seat” in Young Arbitration Review (Year 4 – Ed.19) (Co-author)
• “ISDS Reform & The EU–Vietnam Free Trade Agreement: Challenge Accepted!” in Mandev Mohan & Chester Brown, Regulation & Investment Disputes: Asian Perspectives (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming) (co-author);
• “Enforcement of Mediated Settlement Agreements in Vietnam: A Step Forward the International Trend?” published on Young ICCA Blog (co-author);
• “Mediation: An Ideal Solution for International Business Dispute in Vietnam? in January 2019 Issue of Financier Worldwide (co-author)
• Commenting on the Drafts of the Decree on Commercial Mediation;
• Commenting on the Draft of the Amendment of the Code of Civil Procedure of Vietnam;
• Commenting on the Draft of the Mediation Rules of the Vietnam Mediation Centre (VMC).