Party autonomy in choosing the law applicable to international commercial contract: a review of Vietnamese regulations in comparison with regulations of Russian Federation and European Union

This article introduces and analyses the regulations of Vietnamese legislation on the principle of party autonomy in choosing the law applicable to an international commercial contract. The analysis is to be made in comparison with regulations of Russian Federation in the Civil Code and those of European Union in the Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (hereinafter: Rome I Regulation).