Real estate tax in Vietnam affects both the seller’s net proceeds and the buyer’s total acquisition cost. The parties should identify taxes, fees and building charges before the deposit and sale contract make the price commercially difficult to change. Not every item applies to every transaction. An individual resale, a developer sale and a company …
Selling property in Vietnam should be planned before the seller accepts a deposit. A successful transfer depends on title evidence, signing authority, mortgage release, tax, buyer eligibility, payment sequencing and a documented handover. Foreign and expatriate sellers often focus on price and timing. The harder questions are whether the seller can transfer the property as …
Before a foreign trader legalizes documents or signs a long lease, it should confirm two things that it is eligible to set up a representative office in Vietnam and that the planned activities fit the limited representative-office role. A well-prepared application cannot cure a structure that is wrong for the business. The critical path usually …
The VIAC arbitration rules were updated in 2026, and the new version took effect on Jul 1st, 2026. If your Vietnam contracts name VIAC, the update will apply to your contract templates, how you file a claim, who you must disclose, and how fast a case can proceed. Not understanding the updated VIAC arbitration rules, …
A representative office in Vietnam (RO) may hire people, maintain an office and support promotion of the foreign trader. It cannot operate as the trader’s local revenue business. It should not issue sales invoices, conduct profit making activity in its own name or become the contracting party through the daily conduct of its team. The …
An Investment Registration Certificate in Vietnam is still required before a foreign-invested project in the statutory IRC category begins operation. ERC first changed when the company may be formed. It did not remove approval of the investment project. The harder point is whether the project presented to the authority is commercially and legally supportable. Its …
A pink book in Vietnam is the common English name for a property’s title certificate, officially the Certificate of Land Use Rights and Ownership of Houses and Other Assets Attached to Land, and known in Vietnamese (So Hong). It records ownership of the house or apartment and the related land use rights. Checking it carefully …
Foreign investors face two different legal gates in conditional investment sectors in Vietnam. The first asks whether the foreign investor may enter the activity and on what ownership or investment terms. The second asks what the business must maintain before and while it operates. Passing the first gate does not pass the second. A company …
Foreign EPC contractor payment risk in Vietnam often appears late and suddenly, when the works are already built and the contractor expects payment. The project owner may delay, reduce, or challenge payment if the licensing file, acceptance records, handover documents, certified volume, variation file, or payment dossier is weak. For foreign contractors, the commercial problem …
A lease can be commercially attractive and still does not comply in legal consideration. The registered office, investment-project location, factory, warehouse and retail site may require different documents and operating conditions. The problem is usually discovered after the deposit, when the authority or sector adviser asks for property evidence, permitted use or facility approvals that …
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