Real estate disputes in Vietnam often begin before either party files a claim. Warning signs usually appear in deposit pressure, unclear authority, title inconsistencies, late mortgage issues, shifting handover dates, or conflicting payment records. The practical objective is to protect the legal and commercial position while the transaction may still be corrected. Preserve the record, …
Nominee property in Vietnam describes a practical situation in which one person funds the property while another person, often a Vietnamese friend, partner, relative or spouse, is named on the title. It may begin as a convenient response to foreign ownership limits, but it can create serious problems of control and evidence. The core difficulty …
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 …
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 …
A property sale contract in Vietnam should protect the buyer against risks involving payment, legal title, handover, ownership registration, and refunds. It should not be treated as a standard form to sign only after the parties have agreed on the price. Foreign buyers often focus on the deposit and purchase price. However, the contract must …
A real estate deposit agreement transaction in Vietnam can decide the buyer’s risk before the sale and purchase agreement is signed. The deposit should explain what happens if ownership, seller authority, title or project conditions fail. Foreign buyers often pay deposits because they fear losing the unit. You might need to consider it is worth …
Land use rights in Vietnam are often misunderstood by foreign buyers because land is not treated like private freehold land in many other countries. A foreign buyer may be able to own certain residential property, but that does not mean the buyer owns land in the same way. The risk appears when buyers read a …
Real estate due diligence in Vietnam should happen before the buyer pays money. The purpose is to test whether the seller, title, project, deposit and payment route support the deal the buyer thinks is being made. Foreign buyers often discover document risk after the deposit. By then, the legal question has become a refund or …
An apartment may look simple because it is inside a completed building, but to buy apartment in Vietnam as a foreigner, the buyer still needs to check quota, developer documents, title timing, handover and resale risk. The risk often appears when the buyer pays a deposit before confirming whether the specific unit can be transferred …
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