Vietnam’s agriculture sector continues to play a crucial role in the economy, accounting close to 15% of its overall GDP in 2023. However, the expansion of information technology, the demands of international integration for higher quality agricultural pr

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is a multilateral trade agreement designed to foster economic integration among its signatory nations. This Free Trade Agreement involves twelve countries: United Kingdom, C

The 2023 Real Estate Business Law in Vietnam introduces three significant amendments compared to its predecessor, with a particular emphasis on the rights and responsibilities of foreign investors in the Vietnamese real estate sector. These changes unders

Vietnamese authorities released Decree 70/2023/ND-CP (Decree 70) on 18 September 2023, which went into immediate effect, covering several major updates and practical clarifications relating to employing foreign experts in Vietnam. In this article, we cove

Enabled by the e-commerce rise in 2020 and 2021, Financial Technology became one of the fastest growing business sectors globally, with Vietnam at the forefront of Fintech growth. In the following insight, we present the scalability potential and the chal

The initial Law on Tax Administration was approved by the National Assembly on November 29, 2006 and took effect from July 1, 2007. Since then, the Law on Tax Administration has been amended and supplemented three times in 2012, 2014 and 2016. After more

Vietnam’s new Labour Code (known as the Labour Law 2019) came into effect on 1 January 2021 and introduced a number of what appeared to be more subtle changes to previous labour laws as applicable to foreign employees. To implement the new Labour Co

From 1 July 2020, the laws surrounding the issuing of Temporary Residence Cards (TRC) for small investors in Vietnam change significantly. Foreign investors who currently hold (or are planning to hold) a TRC based upon their individual investment into a V

At our offices, a common scenario is that a foreign individual comes to see us to help with their company/investment in Vietnam. They tell us that they have established a company in Vietnam using a Vietnamese friend’s name as the investor (nominee), they