FLAT Legal Journal
Scenario: a Vietnamese investor wants to buy an operating logistics company in Singapore outright. The good news: Singapore has almost no general “foreign investment approval” — but do…
Read article ↗Scenario: a Vietnamese group plans to buy 51% of an operating technology company in Seoul. Unlike Japan’s “prior notification”, Korea uses a two-layer model: investment reporting plus technology/security…
Read article ↗Scenario: a Vietnamese enterprise wants to buy 30% of an operating components manufacturer in Osaka. Management’s first question: does Japan require an “investment approval” like foreign share purchases…
Read article ↗Scenario: a Singapore fund wants to “listen” to the Hong Kong market for six months before siting an asset-management office. In Hong Kong, a foreign company’s representative office…
Read article ↗Scenario: a Taiwanese logistics firm wants a representative in Taipei to work with partners, without forming an entity yet. In Taiwan, a foreign company’s representative office has no…
Read article ↗Scenario: a Vietnamese IT services firm wants a Manila office to support clients, having heard the Philippines offers a tax-perked “regional headquarters” model. The truth: the Philippines once…
Read article ↗Many FDI employers — and overseas Vietnamese candidates themselves — assume that “Vietnamese origin” comes with a lighter labor regime. Vietnamese law does not say so: in labor…
Read article ↗Dual nationality is not rare among FDI experts and managers. “Under which nationality?” has a simple answer at principle level — and a more involved one at dossier-strategy…
Read article ↗A company rename or head office move is a business registration matter — but for employers of foreign staff, every such change “touches” the work permit, because the…
Read article ↗The definite answer: no, it cannot be carried over. In Vietnam, a work permit licenses a “pair” — one employee and one specific employer — it is not…
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