Le Ton Viet

Associate
Hanoi Office

Language
  • Vietnamese
  • English
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Viet is an Associate based in Russin & Vecchi’s Hanoi Office. He has close to a decade of experience practicing corporate and commercial law, with a focus on real estate and hospitality management and privacy and data cybersecurity. Viet is also involved in our insurance practice.

He counsels clients on a broad range of data privacy and cybersecurity issues, including data audit, diligence, governance programs and compliance. He also represents clients in various transactions in the field of hospitality management and real estate development.

Viet is a member of the Data Protection & Security Practice Group and the Tech Practice Group of Meritas.

Selected Publications

  • “Data Protection in Vietnam: Overview” – Thomson Reuters: Practical Law
  • “Vietnam Data Protection Overview” and Country Assessment – OneTrust
  • “Protections to be ramped up via new personal data rules” – Vietnam Investment Review
  • Co-author “Real Estate in Vietnam” – Chambers’ Global Practice Guide.
  • “Vietnam’s Coming Law On Data: Prepare For The New Rules”
  • “Dự thảo nghị định hướng dẫn Luật Dữ Liệu xác định khung pháp lý rõ ràng đối với hoạt động xử lý dữ liệu”

Practice Areas

  • Hospitality management and real estate development
  • Data privacy and cybersecurity
  • Insurance

Education

  • Foreign Trade University, Hanoi (BA in Business English, 2014)
  • Foreign Trade University, Hanoi (BA in International Trade Law, 2014)
  • University of Aberdeen, UK (LLM in International Commercial Law, 2016)

Significant Cases

  • Advising an American hospitality group in respect of engagement, management and operations of various hospitality and residential projects throughout Vietnam;
  • Advising a Vietnamese developer with the development, management and operations of its hospitality and tourism project in Danang and Ho Chi Minh City;
  • Advises various firms including credit institutions, law firms and pharmaceutical firms in appropriate data governance structuring, compliance, data audit and response to data breach, including in-house training;
  • Advises major financial institutions in Vietnam on various matters including securities and derivatives trading, sanctionable activities, outsourcing and cybersecurity.
  • Counsel to major insurance firms from China, the United Kingdom and the United States in structuring their entries to operate in Vietnam’s markets;

Author’s Insights

Privacy

Law On Personal Data protection – Internal Responsibility for Compliance

 March 14th, 2025

In September 2024, the Ministry of Public Security released the first draft of the Law on Personal Data Protection (“Draft LPDP“) for public consultation. The Draft LPDP is expected to be submitted to the National Assembly for adoption in 2025, with a tentative effective date of January 1, 2026. The Draft LPDP incorporates most provisions […]

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