Title Page
ABSTRACT
Contents
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 12
1.1. Purpose and rationale for the study 12
1.2. Scope of the dissertation. 15
1.3. General overview about the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 16
1.3.1. Historical background of CISG 16
1.3.2. Basic content of the CISG 18
CHAPTER 2. THE DAMAGES COMPENSATION MECHANISM UNDER CISG 1980 23
2.1. Definition of damages compensation 23
2.2. Condition for claiming damages under CISG 25
2.3. Damages measuring 26
2.3.1. General principle: Art.74 26
2.3.2. Compensation 27
2.3.3. Loss and category of loss 28
2.3.4. Loss of profit 32
2.3.5. Calculation of loss 33
2.3.6. Time, place, currency, causation and foreseeability 35
2.4. Limitation on damages 37
2.5. The consequences of the compensatory damages claims 38
CHAPTER 3. THE GENERAL ANALYSIC ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES ON THE DAMAGES COMPENSATION UNDER CISG 39
3.1. General over view about the cases relevant to CISG 39
3.2. Goods and issues usually has dispute under CISG provisions 41
3.2.1. Overview about disputed goods 41
3.2.2. Main disputed issues in CISG cases 42
3.3. Overview on cases about damages compensation and calculating damages relevant to Article 74. 50
3.3.1. The scope of compensation 51
3.3.2. Types of lost 53
3.3.3. Foreseeability 61
3.3.4. Lost profits 63
CHAPTER 4. THE COMPARISION OF DAMAGES COMPENSATION BETWEEN CISG AND VIETNAMESE LAW 66
4.1. Damages compensation under Vietnamese Commercial Law 66
4.1.1. Definition of damages compensation under Vietnamese Law 66
4.1.2. Legal provisions in determining liability for damages compensation 67
4.1.3. Legal provision on damages compensation 74
4.2. Comparing the damages compensation between CISG and Vietnamese Law 86
4.2.1. Determine the scope of the compensation 87
4.2.2. The calculated value of the damages 88
4.2.3. Obligation to prove damages 89
4.2.4. The foreseeability of damages 89
4.2.5. Currency to pay damages 90
4.2.6. Provision on the interest 91
CHAPTER 5. PRACTICES AND PROPOSALS FOR IMPLEMENTING DAMAGES COMPENSATION UNDER CISG 1980 IN VIETNAM 94
5.1. Practices for implementing damages compensation under CISG 1980 in Vietnam 94
5.1.1. CISG-The advantageous instrument for Vietnam legal system 95
5.1.2. The advantages for Vietnamese enterprises 100
5.1.3. Reality of international contractual violation in Vietnam and the role of CISG 1980 106
5.2. The proposals for the effective implementation of damages compensation under CISG 1980 in Vietnam. 111
CONCLUSION 117
REFERENCES 119