Project Description

Bui Thi Viet Ha, a Partner at Dentons LuatViet’s Hanoi office, is a legal expert with nearly 15 years of experience, specializing in finance and banking, labor, M&A, real estate and telecommunications. Before joining Dentons LuatViet, she spent five years as an in-house counsel at one of Vietnam’s leading telecommunications companies.

In finance and banking, Ha is distinguished by her in-depth legal knowledge and agile negotiation skills. She frequently advises on complex lending and borrowing matters, project financing, and represents government agencies and multinational organizations. She also has practical experiences in structuring and finalizing banking products and services, including digital banking and online payment systems. Her clientele includes top banks, investment funds, and leading enterprises in Vietnam and internationally.

Aside from her experiences in finance and banking sectors, Ha has continued to expand her expertise in labor law. She is an expert in providing legal advice for those matters relating to the labor laws, including safety at work, disciplinary dismissals, the termination of labor contracts, assignment of employees to do work different from that specified in their labor contract, labor restructurings. She is also skilled in drafting, reviewing, revising and supplementing labor templates such as labor contracts, internal labor regulations, responsibility contracts, non-compete and confidentiality undertakings, and more. Notably, she has a lot of experiences in advising and assisting the client in protecting Client’s legitimate rights and interests in labor dispute case.

She has been working closely with clients to provide comprehensive legal advice and assistance. Her ability to navigate complex legal frameworks and deliver pragmatic solutions has earned her a reputation as a trusted advisor and go-to lawyer with both foreign and local clients alike.

Experience

  • A Chinese Bank: Advising a Chinese bank in its financing transaction of US$80 million for a borrower in Vietnam in performing its rubber production investment project in Vietnam which includes the conduct of due diligence on the Vietnamese borrower, reviewing/drafting and advising on the terms and conditions of finance documents.
  • Branch of a Chinese bank: Advising a branch of a Chinese bank in Vietnam in drafting, reviewing and advising on the loan agreements, security agreements; advising and conducting the due diligence on the debts, legal documents for the purpose of purchasing debts in other banks, registering sample contracts with the State authority and providing advice on other issues arising during its operation.
  • A Taiwanese Bank: Assisting a Taiwanese Bank in its providing offshore financing to a Vietnamese commercial bank with a value of US$22 million in advising, drafting and reviewing the finance documents and security documents for the transaction.
  • A Singapore Bank: Assisting a Singapore Bank in its offshore financing a Vietnamese borrower (in the sector of production of food for cattle, poultry and aquatic products with the value of US$25 million in drafting, reviewing and advising for the execution and performance of security documents in relation to the mortgage of the borrower’s inventory with value of VND 350 billion.
  • A telecommunication company in Vietnam: Advising the Client in its execution of Facility Limit of US$60 million with CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK (“CACIB”) – a French commercial bank acting through its Hanoi Branch to finance the Client’s working capital needs, capital expenditure requirements and trade related transactions.
  • A public company in Vietnam: Advising the Client in its execution of Facility and Guarantee Limit with EXIMBANK (a commercial bank in Vietnam) with a Limit of US$100 million to finance working capital for its purchase of telecommunication equipment.
  • A Vietnamese company: Advising the Client in its transaction of Guarantee Facility of US$5 million with Natixis Branch in Ho Chi Minh City to issue in favor of Banque Internationale Du Cameroun S.A.R.L Pour L’Epargne et Le Credit (BICEC) a Letter of Guarantee (as per format in the attached appendix) to ensure the payment obligation of its offshore subsidiary with BICEC.
  • A leading company in the information technology sector in Costa Rica and its three affiliates in Vietnam: Assisting in drafting, reviewing labor contracts and related contracts, drafting, reviewing internal labor rules and other internal polices, advising its daily business operation including matters relating to human resources; insurance matters; workplace discrimination, workplace sexual harassment, advising the Client in handling the labor disputes, participating in labor dispute litigation at court to protect the Client’s interest.
  • Foreign Clients in Hongkong, Japan, Singapore, U.S: Providing advice relating to the foreign employees working in Vietnam; conducting procedures in the application for work permits and visas for both permanent and temporary foreign employees.
  • A Client in Poland in the sector of pharmaceuticals: Advising in terminating labor contracts with foreign employees and Vietnamese employees in Vietnam; labor restructuring for the closure of its representative office in Vietnam.
  • A Vietnamese corporation leading in the tourism sector: Acting as a legal counsel in advising the Client in handling salary payment, settling labor disputes, salary payment, insurance payment, labor discipline application, drafting/reviewing internal labor rules and other related rules.
  • A multinational giant technology company with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence with its headquarters in U.S: Providing legal counsel on the implications of the new draft Telecommunications Law for cloud computing services and data center services.
  • A leading telecommunication operator in Vietnam and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates: Assisting the Client in its performance of offshore investment projects in telecommunication sectors in many countries in Asia, Africa.
  • Mobifone: Advising its off-shore investment project.
  • An affiliate in Myanmar of a Vietnamese leading telecommunication operator: Advising the Client in its execution of a Collaboration Agreement with Shwe Than Lwin Media Company Limited (a media company in Myanma) regarding the installation, deployment and handing (telecommunication) cables of Mytel on Shwe Than Lwin Media Company Limited’s power poles.
  • A Vietnamese company: Advising the Client in its execution of a MoU for strategical partnership with its subsidiary (a telecommunication company on Myanmar) and a Japanese partner in regard of (i) providing virtual cloudy core network and one web satellite solutions to achieve the most effective mobile network as well as (ii) discussing the IoT 7 global business opportunities in terms of both technology or system offering and business collaboration.

Recognition

Asian Legal Business: ALB Asia Super 50 TMT Lawyers, 2025

Activities and Affiliations

Prior and Present Employment

  • Partner, Dentons LuatViet, July 2022 – present
  • Senior Associate, Dentons LuatViet, 2018 – 2022
  • Associate, Dentons LuatViet, 2014 – 2017
  • In-house Counsel, Viettel Global JSC, September 2009 – March 2014
  • Legal Researcher and Translator, May 2009 – August 2009