Legal Due Diligence Before Buying into a Vietnamese Company
Legal due diligence is the stage where an investor pays to hear bad news before it becomes their own bad news. A thorough legal review before buying into…
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Foreign Investment
Valuing a Target Company for Foreign Acquisition: 3 Common Methods
For the same Vietnamese company, a seller may ask twice what a buyer is willing to pay, and both sides believe they are right. That gap is not…
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Public Tender Offers in Vietnam: What Should Foreign Investors Know?
Once an investor accumulates shares of a public company up to a certain threshold, Vietnamese law no longer allows quiet buying. The public tender offer mechanism forces the…
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Buying Listed Company Shares: What Is the Foreign Ownership Limit (Room)?
A foreign investor placing a buy order for Vietnamese shares and receiving a no-match notice because the room is full is a common experience on the two exchanges.…
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Buying Shares in an Unlisted JSC: Procedures and Transfer Contracts
Unlike a limited liability company, shares in an unlisted joint stock company transfer far more freely, and that very freedom makes foreign investors careless. There is no statutory…
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Buying Capital Contributions in an LLC: Procedures and Remaining Members’ Pre-Emptive Rights
Buying capital contributions in a limited liability company is a common gateway for foreign investors into an operating Vietnamese business, but this company form does not allow free…
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Greenfield vs Acquiring an Operating Company: Cost, Time and Risk Compared
A foreign investor entering Vietnam usually faces two gateways: build a company from scratch, or pay for one that already has licences, premises, customers and staff. Both routes…
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Acquiring Controlling Stakes in Vietnamese Companies: Step-by-Step Approval
Acquiring a controlling stake is the deal in which a foreign investor formally moves from observer to controller of a Vietnamese company. Because the transaction always crosses the…
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Approval Procedures for Foreign Capital Contributions and Share Purchases: When Is Permission Required?
Not every foreign purchase of capital in Vietnam needs prior permission, but erring in either direction is costly: an unnecessary filing slows the deal, a missing one stalls…
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Foreign Investors Contributing Capital or Buying Shares in Vietnam: Detailed Conditions and Procedures
Contributing capital or buying shares is the fastest gateway for a foreign investor into an operating Vietnamese company, but also the gateway with the most layers of screening:…
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