A family office in Vietnam has, until now, been a contradiction in terms. Domestic wealth has grown faster than almost anywhere in Asia, yet the vehicles to manage it professionally sat in Singapore, Hong Kong or Zurich. The international financial centre changes the arithmetic, and the funds and asset management priority sector in Decree 323/2025/ND-CP…
A commodity exchange sits high on the priority list for Vietnam’s international financial centre. Decree 323/2025/ND-CP names the commodities market, commodity derivatives and international trade finance among the sectors the centre will prioritise, immediately after infrastructure and green finance. For a country that is a global top-tier exporter of coffee, rice, rubber, cashew and seafood,…
Asset management in Vietnam’s international financial centre is one of six priority sectors named in Decree 323/2025/ND-CP, sitting alongside fintech, green finance, commodities, infrastructure and professional services. For fund managers who have watched Vietnamese growth from a Singapore desk, the question is now whether to run that exposure from inside the country rather than beside…
IFC work permits and the wider employment regime are where Vietnam’s financial centre competes most directly with Singapore and Dubai. Resolution 222/2025/QH15 lists labour and employment support among the special mechanisms, for an obvious reason: a financial centre is people, and a centre that cannot import senior expertise quickly cannot function whatever its tax rates….
IFC dispute resolution is the provision that determines whether international institutions treat Vietnam’s financial centre as credible. Every successful centre – London, Singapore, Dubai, Astana – has paired its commercial incentives with courts and arbitration that foreign counterparties trust. Vietnam has followed the same logic: Decree 323/2025/ND-CP places a dispute resolution body inside the centre’s…
Green finance sits at the top of the priority list for Vietnam’s international financial centre. Decree 323/2025/ND-CP names green finance and finance linked to environmental, social and governance factors immediately after infrastructure among the industries the centre will prioritise, and both locations carry sustainability in their mandates. For climate funds, sustainability-linked lenders and ESG advisers,…
A regulated digital asset exchange in Vietnam moved from speculation to policy with Decree 323/2025/ND-CP, which directs the Da Nang location of the international financial centre to pioneer and expand digital asset products, digital payments, trading platforms and specialised exchanges. For an industry that has spent three years being pushed out of one Asian jurisdiction…
The fintech sandbox inside Vietnam’s international financial centre contains the boldest provision in Resolution 222/2025/QH15: permission to pilot business models for which Vietnamese law has no provision, together with exemption from liability for implementing them in good faith. For founders and investors who have spent years asking Vietnamese regulators whether a product is permitted, that…
The IFC foreign exchange regime is, for most international institutions, the single most important feature of Vietnam’s international financial centre. Vietnam maintains a managed currency and a controlled capital account; Resolution 222/2025/QH15 lists foreign exchange policy among the special mechanisms applying inside the centre. This guide explains why that matters and how to plan around…
IFC tax incentives are the headline attraction of Vietnam’s international financial centre, and also the area where careless planning does the most damage. Resolution 222/2025/QH15 established preferential tax treatment as one of the centre’s special mechanisms; the detailed regime is being built out through implementing decrees. This guide sets out how to think about the…