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for Foreign Investors in Vietnam
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Vietnam Compliance Checklist for Chinese Investors: Legal Representative Status, District Transfer Tax Clearance, and E-Identity Before Restructuring
Summary: Chinese-background investors restructuring Vietnam companies face three compliance risks that ECOVIS Vietnam Law consistently identifies in practice: a legal representative who has been…
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Vietnam M&A in Industrial Parks: Why Post-Acquisition IRC Compliance Is Not Optional — and the Tax Trap If You Skip It
Summary: Foreign investors who acquire a company located in a Vietnam industrial park must obtain IRC issuance or adjustment from the Industrial Park Management…
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Vietnam Foreign Contractor Tax for Tech Companies: The Hidden Bill on AWS, Google Cloud, Meta Ads and SaaS Subscriptions
Summary: Foreign-invested tech companies in Vietnam that pay AWS, Google Cloud, Meta Ads, Salesforce, and other foreign SaaS providers without declaring and withholding Foreign…
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Building a Vietnam Logistics Joint Venture: How ECOVIS Australia and ECOVIS Vietnam Supported an Australian Investor
Executive Summary Vietnam’s logistics industry has become one of the fastest-growing sectors in Southeast Asia, driven by expanding manufacturing, international trade and supply chain…
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The 100-Day Post-Acquisition Compliance Plan for a Vietnam Factory
Summary: Signing a factory acquisition in Vietnam is not the end of the risk period — the first 100 days after closing are where…
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Vietnam Social Insurance for Foreign Directors: When the Non-Salaried Legal Representative Is Exempt — and What the Company Must Still Do
Summary: Foreign nationals serving as legal representatives or directors of Vietnam companies who draw no salary from the Vietnam entity are not subject to…
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FDI & Factory Setup Legal Services in Tay Ninh Province (incl. Former Long An)
Legal services for foreign manufacturers in the merged Tay Ninh province, combining Tay Ninh’s border-economic-zone industrial parks with the former Long An’s 37 industrial…
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Licence Transferability in Vietnamese Industrial M&A
Summary: One of the most common assumptions in a Vietnamese factory acquisition is that the target’s existing licences and approvals simply continue after closing.…
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Rules of Origin Risk Under the Vietnam–EFTA FTA: Electronics, Apparel, Footwear and Machinery
Rules of origin will decide who benefits from the Vietnam–EFTA FTA. Origin risk in electronics, apparel, footwear and machinery — and how to prepare.