IFC membership is the gateway to every benefit Vietnam’s new international financial centre offers – the tax regime, the foreign exchange rules, the sandbox, the specialised court. Being inside the geographic perimeter is not enough; an institution must be licensed as a member. This guide explains who qualifies, how the process works and what applicants…
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The Da Nang financial centre is the more radical half of Vietnam’s new financial architecture. Where Ho Chi Minh City builds depth, Da Nang builds novelty: Decree 323/2025/ND-CP directs it to become a modern centre bound tightly to the innovation ecosystem, digital technology and sustainable finance, and to serve as a controlled testing ground for…
The Ho Chi Minh City financial centre occupies roughly 898 hectares of the most valuable land in Vietnam and carries the broadest mandate in the country’s new financial architecture. Under Decree 323/2025/ND-CP it is one half of a single unified entity, but its brief is distinct: build a comprehensive, diverse financial ecosystem rather than a…
The international financial centre in Vietnam is now a legal reality rather than a policy ambition. Resolution 222/2025/QH15, passed on 27 June 2025 and effective 1 September 2025, created it; Decree 323/2025/ND-CP of 18 December 2025 established it in 7 chapters and 23 articles; and Decision 2755/QD-TTg the same day appointed the Executive Council chaired…
M&A regulations in Vietnam moved on several fronts in 2026, and the changes land in the least glamorous parts of a deal: which documents go into the file, which authority receives them, and how the money moves. None of it alters the commercial logic of buying a Vietnamese company. All of it alters the closing…
Foreign investment into Vietnam entered 2026 under a genuinely new legal architecture: the 2025 Investment Law, Decree 96/2026/ND-CP guiding it, Decree 168/2025/ND-CP on business registration with an amendment already drafted, and a two-tier local government model that changed which authority an investor deals with. This update pulls the pieces into one working picture for investors…
Business registration in Vietnam is about to get lighter. The Ministry of Finance released a draft decree in June 2026 amending Decree 168/2025/ND-CP, and the direction is unmistakable: fewer paper copies, more database lookups, and a fully digital front door through VNeID. For foreign investors incorporating here, one proposed change matters more than the rest…
Outbound investment from Vietnam has a new foreign exchange rulebook. Circular 34/2026/TT-NHNN, signed by the State Bank Governor on 30 June 2026 and effective 31 July 2026, runs to 9 chapters and 38 articles and replaces the previous framework for moving capital abroad. For Vietnamese groups expanding regionally, the changes are procedural but unforgiving –…
Restructuring consulting in Vietnam is bought in two different rooms: the boardroom planning a reorganisation while the business is healthy, and the workout table where creditors already circle. The disciplines overlap but the mandates differ sharply. This guide covers both – corporate reorganisation and distressed restructuring – and how companies choose the right team for…
Tax consulting in Vietnam splits into four distinct services – compliance, planning, transfer pricing and dispute defence – and the firms that sell them are not interchangeable. This guide explains what each service delivers for foreign-invested companies, when to buy it, and the selection tests that separate genuine tax consulting from form-filling with a premium…