ABSTRACT
Under Vietnamese law, both the civil and the economic provincial courts of Vietnam have jurisdiction to hear disputes arising from cross-border transactions.89 In both cases, the courts will only have jurisdiction to hear the dispute when either general or specific jurisdictional grounds are established. Notably, where an action may be pleaded on either a general or a specific ground, the general ground will prevail. Thus, if a plaintiff may sue in the specific jurisdiction of the court of Danang province or in the general jurisdiction of the court of Ho Chi Minh City, the court in Danang will decline jurisdiction.
