In 2003, a Liechtenstein company (Claimant) contracted to supply a Vietnamese company (Respondent) with metal products. The parties' contract was governed by the 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and referred also to the contractual provisions and the 2000 Incoterms rules. According to the arbitration request, delivery was to be made to a named port in Vietnam on the basis of the Incoterms rule CFR

'2. Applicable Law

2.1 The Governing Law clause of the Contract states that the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods dated April 11, 1980 (the "CISG") shall govern any legal issue arising from the Contract:

Any legal issue relating to this contract, which is not expressly or implicitly settled by the provisions contained in this contract itself or by the relevant terms of the ICC Incoterms 2000, shall be governed by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods of 11 April 1980 (CISG) (…)

2.2 As a consequence, the Sole Arbitrator shall decide this arbitration by applying the provisions of the CISG.'