FLAT Legal Journal
Short answer Illustration: Business meeting discussing investment project Yes. A foreign individual may register an investment project in Vietnam in their own name and obtain an Investment Registration…
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Short answer Illustration: Two businessmen shaking hands on investment partnership On market access conditions, Vietnamese law does not distinguish between foreign individuals and foreign organizations: both are treated…
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Decree 103/2026/ND-CP on outbound investment (effective 03/4/2026) introduced a new set of outbound investment conditions in Article 15 — including additional conditions for economic organizations with foreign investors…
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Decree 255/2026/ND-CP (effective 01/7/2026, replacing Decree 132/2020/ND-CP) raised the transfer pricing documentation exemption threshold from VND 200 billion to under VND 500 billion in revenue, while removing the…
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Investors who are Vietnamese citizens simultaneously holding foreign nationality (dual-nationality investors) may choose whether to apply market-access conditions and investment procedures as domestic investors or as foreign investors.…
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In short: An investment project’s security deposit is refunded progressively (50% upon land allocation and construction permitting; the remainder plus interest upon construction acceptance). If a project terminates…
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Acquiring a Vietnamese company is the fastest route for foreign investors — including Chinese investors — into the Vietnam market: existing licences, workforce, customers and operations come with…
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Transferring an investment project — selling all or part of a project to another investor — is a common deal structure in Vietnamese M&A. Yet buyers and sellers…
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Renewable energy (solar, wind) was once an M&A “gold rush” in Vietnam (2019–2021). But with the FIT price mechanism expired and the legal framework fundamentally changed, acquiring a…
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On 15 September 2026 — less than a month ago — a new decree significantly changed compulsory fire and explosion insurance duties for businesses, including FDI factories. The…
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