Are sales contracts with consumers in Vietnam used in English?

Are sales contracts with consumers in Vietnam used in English?

In Clause 1, Clause 2, Clause 3, Article 14 of the Law on Consumer Rights Protection 2010, there are provisions on contracts concluded with consumers as follows:

1. Form of contracts with consumers should comply with civil laws.

2. Where a contract is concluded with consumers in writing, the language of the contract must be clear, easily understood.

Language used in contracts with consumers is Vietnamese, unless the parties agree otherwise or otherwise provided by law.

3. Where the contract is concluded by electronic means, the organizations or individuals trading goods and/or services must let consumers check the entire contract before signing.

Thus, based on the above regulations, you can make a contract in English if you and the customer have an agreement to use in Vietnam.

Are consumers allowed to read and study the model contract before signing with the commodity trading party in Vietnam?

In Article 17 of the Law on Consumer Rights Protection 2010, there are provisions on contract performance in the following form:

1. When signing the form-based contract, organizations or individuals trading goods and/or services must give reasonable time for consumers to consider the contract.

2. Organizations or individuals trading goods and/or services must keep the concluded form-based contract until the contract expires. Where contract kept by consumer is lost or damaged, the organization or individual trading goods or services shall take responsibility for give consumer a copy of the contract.

Based on the above provisions, organizations or individuals trading goods must spend a reasonable time for consumers to study the contract when concluding contracts according to the form in Vietnam.

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