Vietnam’s Implementation of Labour Provisions in the European Union - Vietnam Free Trade Agreement: Recent Developments and Insights

Trang Ngo

Legal Issues of Economic Integration2025https://doi.org/10.54648/leie2025004article
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@article{trang2025,
  title        = {{Vietnam’s Implementation of Labour Provisions in the European Union - Vietnam Free Trade Agreement: Recent Developments and Insights}},
  author       = {Trang Ngo},
  journal      = {Legal Issues of Economic Integration},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.54648/leie2025004},
}

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