Legal & Investment Insights

Infrastructure investment in Vietnam is entering its strongest decade: the national master plans call for hundreds of billions of dollars in transport, energy, industrial and digital infrastructure through 2030, and the state budget can fund only part of it. That gap is the foreign investor’s opening. This guide maps the entry routes, the legal frame…

Transaction advisory is the execution engine of an acquisition: the diligence, structuring and completion workstreams that turn a signed term sheet into a closed deal. Where deal advisory manages the whole lifecycle and financial advisory owns the numbers, transaction advisory services concentrate on the six workstreams below – the ones where Vietnamese transactions are repriced,…

Deal advisory is the discipline of running a transaction end to end – from origination and target screening through diligence, negotiation, signing and closing. In Vietnam, where approvals and provincial practice shape every timeline, deal advisory is less about financial modelling and more about sequencing. Here is the lifecycle as it actually runs. The seven…

Financial advisory in Vietnam covers the corporate finance work that sits beside the legal workstream on every serious transaction: valuation, capital raising, debt advisory and restructuring support. This guide maps what each service actually delivers, when a company needs it, and how legal and financial advisers divide the labour on Vietnamese deals. What financial advisory…

Transfer pricing documentation is the file that stands between a multinational and Vietnam’s most aggressive audit programme – and the file only counts if it exists before the inspectors ask. Here is exactly what the three-tier package contains and how to build one that survives. The three tiers of transfer pricing documentation Local File The…

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…