This month we welcome in the year of the snake. Happy New Year. While there were few new pieces of legislation promulgated this month we did mange to come up with a few items for your review. We've briefed new legislation relating to enterprise registration and mineral exportation, and examined the current regime for using administrative procedures to enforce your intellectual property rights against infringing parties. In addition we look, during this festive time, at the importance of relationships in your business activities here in Vietnam.