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Starting a business in Vietnam
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Vietnam Forced Labor Import Ban: What Decree No. 292/2026/ND-CP Changes on September 5, 2026
From September 5, 2026, Vietnam bans the import of goods made wholly or partly with forced labor. The Vietnam forced labor import ban is a new entry on the country’s prohibited-import list, introduced by Decree No. 292/2026/ND-CP. The ban turns on how goods were made rather than what they are. For most importers, it is …
Vietnam Customs Law 2026: 7 Changes for Foreign Businesses and Cross-Border E-Commerce
Law No. 11/2026/QH16 amending the Customs Law was passed on August 23, 2026 and takes effect on March 1, 2027. Vietnam Customs Law 2026 does more than move customs procedures further online. It makes connected data, compliance history and clear responsibility more important in customs administration. It also expressly brings cross-border e-commerce into the Customs …
Vietnam Decree No. 283/2026/ND-CP on Labor and Social Insurance Penalties: What FDI Employers Should Check
Reading collection: Manage employees in Vietnam Employment · Email our team Vietnam has updated its penalties for labor, social insurance and foreign-worker violations. The new rules come from Vietnam Decree No. 283/2026/ND-CP on Labor and Social Insurance Penalties, which will take effect on September 10, 2026 and replaced Decree No. 12/2022/ND-CP. Management should check that …
Record Foreign Divorce in Vietnam: 5 Things to Check
A divorce granted abroad may end the marriage under the law of the country where it was decided. That alone does not update the Vietnamese civil-status record. A Vietnamese citizen may therefore hold a final foreign divorce while Vietnam still shows the earlier marriage as the latest recorded event. Problems often appear when the person …
Vietnam Divorce Certificate: 3 Procedures for a Marriage Registered in Vietnam
Vietnam does not issue one universal document called a Vietnam divorce certificate. For a marriage registered in Vietnam, proof of divorce in Vietnam may be a legally effective court judgment, a decision recognizing consensual divorce, or a civil-status extract showing the recorded change. If a foreign authority later dissolved that marriage, Vietnam’s foreign-divorce recording procedure …
Recording Foreign Civil Status Events in Vietnam: 5 Things to Check
Vietnamese families increasingly have civil status records created in more than one country for instance, a child may be born overseas, a Vietnamese citizen may marry while working or living abroad, a divorce may be granted by a foreign court, a family may also need to deal in Vietnam with the death of a relative …
Limitation Period for Contract Claims in Vietnam: 7 Checks
Reading collection: Resolve business disputes in Vietnam Dispute Resolution · Email our team The limitation period for contract claims in Vietnam is not always one fixed deadline. It may depend on whether a claim is commercial or civil, whether it goes to court or arbitration, and whether specialized law applies. Different invoices, deliveries, breaches and …
Marriage Certificate in Vietnam: 4 Ways to Register or Obtain the Right Document
A marriage certificate in Vietnam is an official document confirming that a marriage has been legally registered. In Vietnam, the registration creates an entry in the civil-status register and people can use marriage certificate for several different documents and procedures. Depending on the history of the marriage, a person may need to register a new …
Breach of Contract Demand Letter in Vietnam: 7 Checks
Reading collection: Resolve business disputes in Vietnam Dispute Resolution · Email our team A breach of contract demand letter in Vietnam should be an approved business position, not a summary of everything that went wrong. It must identify the correct parties and obligations, state material facts accurately, request a legally supportable outcome and preserve the …
Death Certificate in Vietnam: 4 Routes for Registration, Extracts, Re-Registration and Foreign Records
Obtaining a death certificate in Vietnam starts with identifying the correct legal procedure. The request may involve registering a death for the first time, obtaining an extract from an existing Vietnamese record, re-registering a qualifying older record, or recording or using a death registered abroad. The correct procedure depends on where and when the death …