Legal & Investment Insights

Tax compliance in Vietnam is a calendar sport: the rules are knowable, the deadlines are fixed, and almost every penalty we see was avoidable with a working checklist. Here is the corporate income tax compliance rhythm every foreign-invested company should run. The annual tax compliance calendar Quarterly Provisional CIT payments fall due after each quarter…

Debt restructuring in Vietnam has one golden rule: the borrower who moves first keeps the most options. This guide maps what debt restructuring actually looks like here – for companies under pressure and for the creditors across the table. The debt restructuring toolbox Rescheduling and covenant relief The gentlest tool: extended maturities, interest holidays, covenant…

Legal due diligence is the buyer’s only chance to learn the truth before the price is set – and in Vietnam, where registers are fragmented and practice diverges from paper, legal due diligence done properly is worth more than anywhere else in the region. What Vietnamese legal due diligence must cover Corporate foundations Charter versus…

Choosing among M&A advisory firms in Vietnam is itself a transaction decision – the adviser you pick shapes price, speed and how much of the deal survives contact with regulators. Here is how sophisticated clients actually evaluate M&A advisory options, and where a boutique fits against the global names. The M&A advisory landscape in Vietnam…

A foreign invested company is the standard vehicle for doing business in Vietnam with overseas capital – and incorporating one is a documents game. This guide lists exactly what a foreign invested company needs, from the investor’s side and the Vietnamese side, before the licensing clock even starts. What counts as a foreign invested company…

Vietnam market entry is a sequence, not an event – and investors who treat it as a checklist of legal steps consistently outperform those who treat it as a leap of faith. This guide maps the market entry decisions in the order they actually arise. The four market entry decisions, in order 1. Entry mode…

A US listing is the most demanding capital markets journey a Vietnamese company can attempt – and after VinFast reached Nasdaq, every ambitious board wants to know the real paths. Here they are, with the costs the pitch decks omit. The three paths to a US listing Traditional IPO An offshore holding company above the…

Offshore listing is the question every ambitious Vietnamese company eventually asks: raise capital at home, or take the story to New York, Hong Kong or Singapore? The honest answer depends on structure, sector and stamina – here is the comparison boards actually need. Why offshore listing at all Three motives recur. Valuation: some sectors command…

Company merger, demerger and conversion are the three reorganisation tools Vietnamese law offers when a corporate structure no longer fits the business – and each carries traps for the unprepared. Here is how a company merger or split actually runs. The toolbox under the Enterprise Law Company merger and consolidation A company merger absorbs one…

The share purchase agreement is where a Vietnamese M&A deal stops being a handshake and becomes enforceable rights. Most disputes we litigate trace back to clauses that were copied, not thought – so here is what a share purchase agreement must actually do in Vietnam. What makes a Vietnamese share purchase agreement different Templates drafted…