VIETNAM OIL AND GAS GROUP v JOINT STOCK COMPANY (POWER MACHINES – ZTL, LMZ, ELECTROSILA ENERGOMACHEXPORT)

[2025] SGCA 50 Court of Appeal 10 October 2025 CA/CA 48/2024 ( CA/SUM 2/2025 ) · CA/CA 49/2024 79 min read
29 cases cited (28 SG, 1 foreign)

Key facts

Court Court of Appeal
Decided
Judges Belinda Ang, Steven Chong, Sundaresh Menon
Charges / claim Arbitration
Counsel Braddell Brothers LLP, Eldan Law LLP, Chan Yu Jie, Daniel Koh, Dr Colin Ong KC, Edmund Kronenburg, Genevieve Wong, Stephanie Sim

Source: [2025] SGCA 50, Court of Appeal, decided — eLitigation. Updated .

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Case Significance

[2025] SGCA 50 is a Court of Appeal decision dated 10 October 2025 concerning Arbitration, specifically addressing award. The judgment was delivered by Sundaresh Menon, with Belinda Ang and Steven Chong on the coram. The case was brought by Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (appellant) against Joint Stock Company (Power Machines – ZTL, LMZ, Electrosila Energomachexport) (respondent). Legal representation was provided by Eldan Law LLP and Braddell Brothers LLP. The judgment cites 29 cases (28 Singapore, 1 foreign) and references 3 statutory provisions, including the Arbitration Act, the International Arbitration Act, and the UK Arbitration Act.

[2025] SGCA 50 explained

VIETNAM OIL AND GAS GROUP v JOINT STOCK COMPANY (POWER MACHINES – ZTL, LMZ, ELECTROSILA ENERGOMACHEXPORT) ([2025] SGCA 50) is a Singapore judgment decided by the Court of Appeal on 10 October 2025. It is categorised under Arbitration. It is a recent decision; within this corpus no later judgment has cited it yet. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.

What is [2025] SGCA 50 about?

VIETNAM OIL AND GAS GROUP v JOINT STOCK COMPANY (POWER MACHINES – ZTL, LMZ, ELECTROSILA ENERGOMACHEXPORT) ([2025] SGCA 50) is a Court of Appeal decision from 2025. Its published catchwords are “Arbitration — Award — Remission” and “Arbitration — Award — Recourse against award — Setting aside”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

Which legislation does [2025] SGCA 50 consider?

The judgment refers to Arbitration Act (Cap 10), International Arbitration Act (Cap 143A), International Arbitration Act (Cap 10), and UK Arbitration Act (Cap 10). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

What earlier Singapore cases does [2025] SGCA 50 cite?

Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2024] SGHC 244. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.

Summary

Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) and Joint Stock Company Power Machines (PM) cross-appealed against the High Court's decision to remit, rather than set aside, portions of an arbitral award arising from a dispute over the construction of a thermal power plant in Vietnam. The key issues concerned whether PM validly terminated its contract with PVN and whether the tribunal committed a breach of natural justice in its treatment of PM's two notices of termination. The Court of Appeal allowed PVN's appeal and set aside the relevant portions of the award, finding that remission was inappropriate given the significance of the tribunal's breach.

What was decided in [2025] SGCA 50?

[2025] SGCA 50 (VIETNAM OIL AND GAS GROUP v JOINT STOCK COMPANY (POWER MACHINES – ZTL, LMZ, ELECTROSILA ENERGOMACHEXPORT)) is a Court of Appeal decision from 10 October 2025 addressing Arbitration, specifically award. The judgment was delivered by Sundaresh Menon.

Who were the parties in VIETNAM OIL AND GAS GROUP v JOINT STOCK COMPANY (POWER MACHINES – ZTL, LMZ, ELECTROSILA ENERGOMACHEXPORT) ([2025] SGCA 50)?

The appellant in [2025] SGCA 50 was Vietnam Oil and Gas Group, and the respondent was Joint Stock Company (Power Machines – ZTL, LMZ, Electrosila Energomachexport). Legal representation included Eldan Law LLP and Braddell Brothers LLP. The case was decided on 10 October 2025 in the Court of Appeal.

Which judge decided [2025] SGCA 50?

[2025] SGCA 50 was delivered by Sundaresh Menon in the Court of Appeal on 10 October 2025. Belinda Ang and Steven Chong also sat on the coram. The case concerned Arbitration.

What cases and statutes does [2025] SGCA 50 cite?

[2025] SGCA 50 cites 29 prior decisions, including 1 from foreign jurisdictions. It references Arbitration Act, International Arbitration Act, UK Arbitration Act.

Statutes Cited

Cases Cited (29)

SLR (27)
[2001] 1 SLR(R) 443 [2007] 3 SLR(R) 86 [2011] 4 SLR 305 [2012] 4 SLR 98 [2013] 1 SLR 125 [2013] 4 SLR 972 [2015] 3 SLR 488 [2016] 4 SLR 768 [2018] 2 SLR 115 [2018] 2 SLR 1311 [2018] 4 SLR 271 [2021] 2 SLR 1279 [2021] 2 SLR 235 [2021] 5 SLR 84 [2022] 1 SLR 1080 [2022] 1 SLR 505 [2022] 2 SLR 1 [2022] 2 SLR 23 [2022] 2 SLR 557 [2022] 2 SLR 918 [2023] 3 SLR 1 [2023] 4 SLR 984 [2024] 5 SLR 706 [2025] 1 SLR 414 [2025] 1 SLR 576 [2025] 1 SLR 806 [2025] 1 SLR 88
UK (1)
[2015] 1 WLR 4341

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Source: eLitigation ([2025] SGCA 50)