2026 Legal Intern/Trainee Opportunity At Venture North Law
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Venture North Law (VNLaw) is seeking applicants for the position of legal intern/trainee in our Hanoi office. We would appreciate and welcome all qualified candidates.
1. Legal writing test
1.1. Question 1 (for all positions): A Bank has granted a loan to Client A, whose primary business is factory leasing. The factory is currently mortgaged as collateral to secure the loan at the Bank. At the projected time of mortgage enforcement, the factory is still being leased to third parties under valid lease agreements.
1.2. Please advise the Bank on the following issues in accordance with Vietnamese law:
1.2.1. What legal disputes may arise from the existence of current lease agreements when the Bank proceeds with the seizure of the factory and mortgage enforcement?
1.2.2. Does the existing leasing relationship affect or restrict the Bank’s rights regarding the seizure, sale, transfer, or disposal of the mortgaged factories?
1.2.3. Will the lease agreements (especially those with long-term durations) remain binding upon the new owner after the property has been disposed of? Will these lease agreements continue to be legally effective?
1.3. Question 2 (for all positions): Regarding a contract between a foreign invested company and a domestic company governed by Vietnamese to be signed by them, the contract will be uploaded to AdobeSign/Docusign and then each party will use AdobeSign/Docusign services for signing by uploading their digital signatures provided by such services and pasting it on the corresponding signing pages of the contract on the app provided such services. Will that action of signing the contract when completed by a party constitute a legally binding action of signing by that party?
1.4. Question 3 (for trainee position): Please draft an advice in English to respond to the following inquiry from your client:
1.4.1. The Client is considering the business of distributing Stablecoins which are the payment stablecoins as defined under Section 2(22) of the US GENIUS Act,[1] with the following attributes:
(a) the value of which is purported to be stable by referencing to the value of an official currency of a country;
(b) the issuance (also known as “minting”) of each unit (also known as “token”) of a Stablecoin is “backed” by the equivalent value of assets denominated in relevant official currency held in reserve(s) that is maintained by the issuer of such Stablecoin, which is usually at the ratio of 1:1 (for example, the issuer of USDC must maintain 1 USD worth of asset in their reserves for every 1 unit of Stablecoin issued);[2] and
(c) the Stablecoin holder can generally redeem such Stablecoin against the issuer for an equivalent amount of an official currency (for example, the qualified holder of USDC may redeem 1 USDC for 1 USD).[3]
1.4.2. Question: Could a Stablecoin be classified as an asset under Article 105.1 of the Civil Code 2015 (and thus potentially governed by Resolution 05/2025)?
2. How to apply?
2.1. Please email us at hiring@vnlaw.com.vn:
2.1.1. the answers to questions at section 1;
2.1.2. a cover letter specifying the position that you are applying; and
2.1.3. your Curriculum Vitae including at least the following:
(a) name, address and year of birth;
(b) profile picture; and
(c) education background and extra-curriculum activities since high school.
Please write to us in English.
2.2. If your answers to the questions are satisfactory, we will invite you to our office for an interview and a translation test.
3. What we offer?
3.1. A 12-month contract for the Trainee position; or
3.2. A 2-month internship program for the Intern position.
3.3. Further details about our firm are provided at https://www.vnlaw.com.vn/for-employees. Details of both positions will be discussed in the interview round.
[1] The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (US GENIUS Act).
[2] Clause 1 of the USDC Terms: “USDC is fully backed by an equivalent amount of U.S. Dollar-denominated assets held by Circle with U.S. regulated financial institutions in segregated accounts apart from Circle’s corporate funds, on behalf of, and for the benefit of, Users (the “Segregated Accounts”). This means that for every USDC issued by Circle and remaining in circulation, Circle will hold on behalf of Users either one U.S. Dollar (“USD”) or an equivalent amount of USD-denominated assets in its Segregated Accounts (the “USDC Reserves”). “
[3] Clause 13 of the USDC Terms: “Only Users Type A can redeem USDC directly with Circle. For Users Type A, your ability to redeem 1 USD with us for each USDC is conditional on (i) your possession of a corresponding amount of USDC associated with a registered Circle Mint account, (ii) no violation of these Terms or your Circle Mint account User Agreement, and (iii) no action, pending or otherwise, by a regulator, law enforcement or a court of competent jurisdiction that would restrict redemption.
Sending USDC to another address automatically transfers and assigns to that Holder, and any subsequent Holder, the right to redeem USDC for USD with us so long as the Holder is eligible to, and does, register a Circle Mint account (and thereby becomes a User Type A).”