1. Introduction
Formerly known as the Department of Commercial Law under the Faculty of Law, which has been operating for more than 20 years, the Department of Economic Law was officially recognized according to Resolution No. 108/NQ-HDT of the Board of Trustees - Can Tho University on July 19, 2023. Department of Economic Law is responsible for providing university-level education in Economic Law (LLB) with professional knowledge, strong skills, responsibility and professional ethics. In addition, the Department is in charge of managing the master-level education in Economic Law (LLM) with both the research-oriented and application-oriented programs so as to flexibly respond to social needs and the region’s development and integration.

2. Structure
Department of Economic Law consists of 23 full-time lecturers, including 03 doctors, 06 PhD candiates and 14 masters in laws. The Legal Practice Center is under the Department’s management that has the function of managing clinical legal education courses and facililating students’ internship in companies, law firms and public organizations.

Head of the Department:

Duong Van Hoc (PhD)
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Phone: 0987276698

Deputy Head of the Department:

Bui Thi My Huong (LLM)
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Phone: 0915012310

Director of the Law Practice Center:

Le Huynh Phuong Chinh (LLM, Senior Lecturer)
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Phone: 0908147622

Department Head’s Secretary:

Tran Thi Ngoc Han (LLM)
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Phone: 0966066805

3. Undergraduate education
To become a student majoring in Economic Law at the Faculty of Law - Can Tho University, candidates will submit their application in accordance with the admission procedures regulated by the Ministry of Education and Training. In addition to general knowledge for all fields of law, students studying Economic Law will be equipped with in-depth courses in domestic and international economic laws.
LLB in Economic Law has the ability to work in the following job positions:
- Specialist in economic law at business corporations, credit institutions, law firms/offices/branches, legal authorities, juridical authorities, and other public organizations;
- Secretary or human resources officer in economic organizations;
- Legal researcher;
- Legal consultant;
- Mediator, Arbitrator, Legal Assistant;
- Judicial titles (after having competent certificates).

4. Graduate education
The Department is in charge of managing the LLM program in economic law with two distinct orientations: research and application. Graduate students will study in-depth in specialized areas of Economic Law such as land laws in business, property ownership in business, business contracts, banking law, securities law and stock markets, international trade law, international investment law...

5. Scientific Research
Scientific research is a significant professional function of the Department of Economic Law. The Department’s lecturers have published widely in the field of economic law such as corporate governance, economics and law, trade law, finance law, environmental law, international trade and business law... In recent years, the Department has begun to have a number of publications in international journals under SCOPUS/WoS indexes, notably Manchester Journal of International Economic Law, Russian Law Journal, Lex Portus...

6. Courses

On the field of commercial law and corporate governance

1. KL214 - Law on Traders
2. KL215 - Commercial law
3. KL230 - Law on commercial dispute resolution and insolvency
4. KL414E - Thematic on commercial law and commercial proceedings
5. KL384 - Law on commercial real estates
6. KL393 - Law on investments
7. KL215 - Law on Competition anh Protection of Consumers rights
8. KL396 - E- commerce regulations
9. KL392E - Law on exports and imports
10. KL427 - Business law: Contracts
11. KL428E - Law on insurance business
12. KL424 - Intensive Commercial law
13. KL234E - Law on logistics service business

On the field of financial law

14. KL228 - Public Finalcial law
15. KL219 - Tax law
16. KL388 - Law of banking
17. KL391E - Securities law
18. KL395E - International Tax law

On the field of labour and environment law

19. KL213 - Environmental law
20. KL123 - Labour Law
21. KL322 - Labour law 1
22. KL218 - Labour law 2
23. KL380E - Social security law

On the field of international and comparative law

24. KL105 - Camparative law
25. KL375 - Public International law
26. Kl376 - Private international law
27. KL331 - Private International law 1
28. KL332 - Private International law 2
29. KL333 - International commercial law
30. KL232 - International Business law
31. KL217 - International trade law
32. KL425E - Law on trade agreements

Legal professional skills

33. KL406 - Clinical legal education
34. KL221 - Drafting commercial contracts