The Ministry of Planning and Investment is collecting comments from the people on a draft Decree to replace Decree No. 82/2018/ND-CP of the Government regulating the management of industrial parks and economic zones. By the end of April 2021, there are 575 industrial parks nationwide in the master plan on development of industrial parks in…
Nominee Shareholder service in Vietnam is one of the key services which ASL LAW provides to investors/enterprises doing business in Vietnam. Why using Nominee Shareholder service in Vietnam of the ASL LAW? As the full service law firm in Vietnam recommended by the different reputable legal ranking organizations, ASL LAW provides corporate services in Vietnam for…
There are so many similarities between the 2 agreements that the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) might as well be called a direct copy of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA). UKVFTA – EVFTA: What’s the difference and similarities? In 14 areas of UKVFTA, the United Kingdom allows Vietnam to export at a 0% tax…
From the effective date of Circular No. 01/2021/TT-BKHDT (May 1, 2021), the forms in the enterprise registration application specified in the appendix issued together with Circular No. 01/2021/TT-BKHDT is hereby applied nationwide. According to Mr. Huynh Van Toan (HCMC), Decree No. 122/2020/ND-CP dated October 15, 2020, of the Government, stipulates the coordination of the procedures…
Enterprises are proposing that instead of requiring an electricity operating license to receive a tax refund, energy projects will be refunded VAT as soon as they have signed electricity sale contracts. The Energy Association has just sent a document calling for help to the Prime Minister about the fact that many businesses investing in the…
Protecting intellectual property rights is a very important key when operating abroad. OECD research shows that SMEs with intellectual property rights generate 68% more revenue per employee than SMEs that do not own any intellectual property. Southeast Asia is a promising destination for the European Union’s (EU) small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), thanks to open-door…
Real estate in Vietnam is one of the fields that many foreign investors are interested in. However, this activity is being restricted by many current laws. There are two business activities that foreign investors are not allowed to do while domestic investors are still able to do so. First, foreign investors are not allowed to…
(Published on Vietnam Investment Review). In recent years, Vietnam has been actively improving investment policies as well as enhancing the legal framework for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities. The following article shall point out keys to M&A attraction in Vietnam. Besides, it is also one of the countries that have been able to control the COVID-19…
If enterprises do not follow the principle of late payment penalty, the enterprises will abuse the value-added tax refund (VAT) until being forced to re-pay. Recently, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) reflected that enterprises exporting seafood products are entitled to VAT refund. However, after a while, because for some reason, the…
In the first 4 months of 2021, the total foreign investment capital into Vietnam reached 12.25 billion USD. (99.3% compared to the same period in 2020) Data from the Foreign Investment Agency, as of April 20, 2021, the total newly registered capital, adjusted and contributed capital to buy shares of foreign investors reached 12.25 billion…