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.
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 which 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 (PhD Candiate)
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Deputy Head of the Department:
Nguyen Tuan Kiet (PhD Candiate)
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Director of the Law Practice Center:
Le Huynh Phuong Chinh (PhD Candidate, Senior Lecturer)
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Phone: 0908147622

Department Head’s Secretary:
Tran Thi Ngoc Han (LLM)
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Phone: 0966066805
2. Academic Staff

3. Training
3.1. 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 on 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).
Main courses of the undergraduate program
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
3.2. Graduate education
The Department is in charge of managing the LLM program in economic law (since 2011) with two distinct training orientations being operated: 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... to be able to meet the growing demand of the society. Up until now, the LLM program has provided over 400 masters of economic law with highly professional distiction for the region’s workforce.
4. Scientific Research and transfer activities
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, Indonesian Law Journal, Lex Portus...
Through the operation of the Law Practice Center, the Department’s main transfer activity is to provide free legal advice to cases being submitted to the Center. This activity is attached to the clinical legal education course (CLE) – a prerequisite subject in the undergraduate program which is held significantly by the students so as to gain pratical skills and knowledge based up on the advisory work.
5. Contact Information
Department of Economic Law - School of Law, Can Tho University
Address: Campus II, 3/2 street, Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho city, Viet Nam
Tel: (84-292) 3832 569