Important update: Decree 168/2025/ND-CP has just landed, and it makes the UBO disclosure requirement very real. Effective 1 July 2025, the Decree not only spells out who qualifies as an UBO but also rolls out the official forms enterprises must use.

The Vietnamese authorities issued on 7 February 2024 Decree 14/2024/ND-CP amending and supplementing articles of Decree 28/2018/ND-CP, detailing the Foreign Trade Management Law on certain measures for foreign trade development. The new Decree effective f

Vietnam has taken drastic measures in 2020 to limit the exposure and spread of Covid-19, limiting immigration and travel rights for foreign individuals entering the country, in order to maintain control.

When foreign enterprises seek to establish a commercial presence in Vietnam, the most common approach used is to establish a foreign owned company in Vietnam as the appropriate vehicle. Usually this is the correct (or, often, the only) choice. However, re

The use of Representative Offices in Vietnam has traditionally been a common preference for many international groups seeking a physical presence in Vietnam.