FLAT Legal Journal
Comparison of the four investor visa categories DT1–DT4 by contributed-capital thresholds, visa validity and TRC duration; key change: no TRC for DT4 since 1 July 2026.
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Requirements, 90-day stay duration, fees and application procedures for Vietnam e-visa (EV) for foreign investors — updated per Consolidated Document 62/2026 and Law 118/2025.
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A shipment falls 2% short on RVC, or a single minor input fails the tariff-classification change — must the business give up preferential tariffs? Not necessarily. Free trade…
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A company’s goods do not meet the “wholly obtained” standard — for example, products assembled from imported components. How can they still qualify for a preferential C/O? The…
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A Vietnamese textile shipment worth EUR 50,000 to Germany was denied preferential tariffs by EU customs — not because the goods failed the origin test, but because the…
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A company importing electronic components from Thailand or agricultural products from Cambodia faces the same question: how to secure the special preferential import tariff instead of the much…
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In economic cases with a Chinese nexus — cross-border fraud, smuggling, money laundering, tax violations — Vietnamese procedural agencies often need to collect evidence, serve documents or verify…
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“Tại ngoại” is a term many people use when referring to an accused person not being held in pre-trial detention during investigation, prosecution and trial. But one thing…
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When people hear that “a foreigner is deported from Vietnam”, many assume it is a single procedure. In fact, Vietnamese law has two entirely independent deportation mechanisms —…
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Pre-trial detention is the strictest preventive measure in Vietnamese criminal proceedings — the person is held in custody throughout investigation, prosecution and trial. How does Vietnamese law define…
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