Having a long coastline, Vietnam maritime industry has played a key role in enhancing the country’s economic activities, especially when Vietnam acceded to the World Trade Organization in 2007. Maritime claims, including ship arrest claims, have unceasingly occurred in the much more competitive maritime industry. The first claim resulting in a ship arrest took place in early 1990’at the request filed with the people’s court of Da Nang city, Vietnam. Since that time, legislation covering ship arrest has increasingly developed. A ship can be arrested and detained until the claim is settled. The Vietnam Maritime Code 1990, as amended in 2005, the Ordinance on Ship Arrest 2008 and the Civil Procedure Code are the major sources of legislation governing ship arrest.
To the best of our knowledge, Vietnam has not ratified any International Convention on ship arrest even though Vietnam has been encouraged to accede to International Convention on the Arrest of Ship Geneva, March 12 1999.
See attached file: ALCO20190009 Ship Arrest in Vietnam.pdf
国际扣船实务 – 越南
越南的海岸线漫长，其海运业在加强国家经济活动方面发挥了至关重要的作用，尤其是在2007年越南加入了世界贸易组织。海事请求，包括船舶扣押索赔，在海运业日益激烈的竞争中不断发生。导致船舶被扣押的第一项索赔是在1990年初根据向越南岘港市人民法院提出的要求进行的。从那时起，关于船舶扣押的立法日益发展成熟。在索赔得到解决之前，船舶是可以被扣押和滞留的。1990年修订的《越南海事法》，《2008年船舶扣押条例》和《民事诉讼法》是有关船舶扣押的主要法律依据。
据我们所知，越南尚未认可任何关于船舶扣押的国际公约，尽管越南已被鼓励加入1999年3月12日《日内瓦国际扣船国际公约》。
详细信息请参阅附件。
