Henry Tran

Netlaw.vn - founded by Lawyer Tran Hoai Van, Associate Lawyers, and a team of top legal specialist, Internet experts in Vietnam – is the children of Netlaw Law Firm.

Lawyer Tran Hoai Van was born and raised in Thai Nguyen, studied, lived and worked in Hanoi since 1996. Therefore, he have the opportunity to access to the Internet from the beginning when the Internet appeared in Vietnam. From that time, like many of his fellows of the same age, he began finding out this particular social phenomenon to satisfy his knowledgeable demands.

In 2003, once again, the opportunity came out, when he officially started to connection to the Internet and Internet law aspect in a legitimate way by working as civil servant on management of the Internet in Vietnam. This period, lawyers have devoted much effort and enthusiasm to practice and research in depth the structure and operation of the Internet. He also actively participated in the following activities simultaneously: law establishment, legal training nationwide and participated in inspection to inspect compliance with Interent’s legal regulations in Vietnam. Here, some legal documents that lawyers have the participation in, contribution to or participated in the editorial team, including:

Law on Telecommunications law and documents guiding of enforcement:

– Law on Telecommunications No. 41/2009/QH12, was approved by the National Assembly on November 23rd, 2009.

– Decree No. 72/2013/ND-CP, Decree on management, provision and use of Internet services and information on the Internet.

– Decree No. 25/2011/ND-CP, dated 06/04/2011, detailing and guiding the enforcement of some articles of the Law on Telecommunications.

– Decree No. 174/2013/ND-CP, dated 13/11/2013, regulations on sanctioning administrative violations in the respect of postal, telecommunications, information technology and radio frequencies.

Law on Information Technology and documents guiding of enforcement:

– Law on Information Technology No. 67/2006/QH11, dated 12/07 2006.

– Decree No. 71/2007/ND-CP, dated 03/05/2007, detailing and guiding the implementation of some articles of the Law on Information Technology on information technology industry.

– Decree No. 90/2008/NÐ-CP, dated 13/08/2008, on anti-spam.

Law on electronic transactions and documents guiding of enforcement:

– Law on Electronic Transactions No. 51/2005/QH11, dated 29/11/2005.

– Decree No. 26/2007/ND-CP, dated 15/02/2007, detailing the law on electronic transactions on digital signatures and digital signature certification.

– Decree No. 106/2011/ND-CP, dated 23/11/2011, amends and supplements Decree No. 26/2007/ND-CP.

– Decree No. 170/2013/ND-CP, dated 13/11/2013, amending and supplementing Decree No. 26/2007/ND-CP and Decree No. 106/2011/ND-CP.

Decree No. 72/2013/ND-CP, dated 15/07/2013 on the management, provision and use of Internet services and information on the Internet.

In 2006, He started to learn and get acquainted with investment and business activities on the Internet environment, as well as research and step by step participate in legal advice activities specializing in the Internet in Vietnam.

In 2008, He defended his Master’s thesis on matter of Telecommunications connection disputes in Vietnam.

Since 2011, he have become professional activist in: Legal services & Investment - business in the Internet area.

Legal services:

Regarding legal services in the Internet area, Lawyer Tran Hoai Van joins in legal advice and litigation. In addition, he is also a founder of other legal services projects of the company, in which, mainly: Representative services, testimony, licensing consulting services for organizations and individuals doing business, advertising, investing in the Internet environment such as: Advertising licenses, general website licenses, e-newspaper license, online game license, foreign investment consultants in the Internet sector in Vietnam, etc…

Investment – business in the area of Internet:

In terms of investment and business activities in the Internet area, Lawyer Tran Hoai Van has been involved in consulting, as well as managing (CEO, COO) in many aspects, including: Investing in Internet projects; value-added services on the Internet, online payment, electronic signature, website creation and development, app; domain name business, data hosting services and video management software, Youtube channel, development of websites, e-newspapers, social networks, adnetwork advertising systems, marketing campaigns, online advertising etc., including MCN Youtube in Vietnam; GCPP Adsense Google in Vietnam.

At these companies and projects, he is in charge of controlling legal matter, besides managing and operating the business, in order to guarantee “Know-how” – Legal advice what he has experienced in practice always brings the highest efficiency!

Other activities:

Additionally, Lawyer Tran Hoai Van was experienced 2 years working at a Financial company in Hanoi as a Director of Human Resources and Head of Legal Department; 03 years as Assistant General Director and Deputy Head of Sales in charge of Laos market & Southeast Asian countries of a top Paint Company in Vietnam.

Being also a Journalist; positioning commissioner of Editorial Board at a huge newspaper agency in Vietnam, consulting in-depth legal information for the Editor-in-Chief.

The desired mission to achieve:

Sharing knowledge is the highest unchangable mission that Netlaw.vn undertaken to and determined to implement.

With the desire shall convey legal background which is “academic” and sterile, in a simple and ordinary way, in order each of us be able to understand, apply in daily routines, Lawyer Tran Hoai Van and Netlaw.vn hope that our efforts, in part, shall initiate an updated habit, improving legal knowledge in the community, thereby: Each of us, be our own lawyer!