Legal framework

The capital's master plan amendment proposal will be discussed in August for approval by the National Assembly at its meeting in October.

Rooftop solar power installations for private use will be exempt from various licence fees and may be eligible for tax and interest rate incentives.

The government has just agreed to the proposal from the Ministry of Transport on the master plan for the development of national airports by 2030.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has just assigned the Insurance Supervisory Authority the urgent task of conducting inspections at four insurance companies.

To assist the growth of the real estate market, the VCCI has proposed allowing foreign individuals and organisations to acquire construction sites.

Vietnam’s Chief Justice Le Minh Tri has noted the importance of reducing the number of commercial banks in Vietnam to prevent unhealthy competition.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Department of Drug Control and Crime Prevention of the Vietnam Border Guard on May 30 held a workshop to...

Owners of condotel apartments who fully satisfy the conditions under the land law, construction law and the law on real estate business shall be granted a certificate...

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha requested the MoIT to examine a plan to calculate the cost of wind and solar energy.

Harmful tax competition in EAP has intensified in recent years, with many developing countries in the region using tax incentives as a key tool to attract FDI.

Foreign investment has been contributing to helping Vietnam implement the country’s industrialisation and modernisation strategy. Furthermore, the economic values...

The Ministry of Finance has asked the government to postpone the payment of special consumption tax on domestically manufactured and assembled automobiles to support...

The European Union has been one of Vietnam’s key trading partners since the early days of Vietnam’s economic reform period. The partnership marked a significant...

The Government has proposed the National Assembly (NA) to consider a 2 per cent reduction in the value-added tax (VAT) on goods and services subject to a 10 per cent...

Nguyen Xuan Son, operations manager for Staffing and Outsourcing Services at ManpowerGroup Vietnam, discusses the effects of the 1987 Law on Foreign Investment.