On 1 August 2026, the Government issued Decree No. 303/2026/ND-CP (“Decree 303“), effective from 15 September 2026, amending and supplementing a number of provisions of Decree No. 32/2024/ND-CP (“Decree 32“) on the management and development of industrial clusters. Decree 303...
The Law on Construction No. 143/2025/QH15 (“Law on Construction 2025″ or “LOC 2025“) was passed by the National Assembly on 25 June 2025 and took effect on 1 July 2025, replacing the Law on Construction No. 50/2014/QH13 (as amended and supplemented). To provide detailed guida...
Although the concept of beneficial ownership was introduced under the Law on Anti-Money Laundering No. 07/2012/QH13, the concept of the beneficial owner of an enterprise was only formally incorporated into Vietnam’s Enterprise Law through Law No. 76/2025/QH15 amending the Law on Enterprises an...
On 18 May 2026, the Government of Vietnam issued Resolution No. 66.18/2026/NQ-CP on decentralization and the reduction and simplification of administrative procedures and business conditions (“Resolution 66.18”). Resolution 66.18 takes effect from 1 July 2026 until 28 February 2027, exce...
On 26 June 2026, the Government of Vietnam promulgated Decree No. 243/2026/ND-CP, amending and supplementing Decree No. 57/2025/ND-CP governing the Direct Power Purchase Agreement (“DPPA“) mechanism between Renewable Energy Generators and Large Electricity Consumers. The new Decree signi...
On 30 June 2026, the Government of Vietnam issued Decree No. 251/2026/ND-CP on the Enforcement of Criminal Judgments against Commercial Legal Entities (“Decree 251”), which came into effect on 1 July 2026. The new Decree introduces several provisions that may significantly affect M&A...
On 30 June 2026, the Government of Vietnam issued Decree No. 253/2026/ND-CP, providing detailed guidance on the implementation of the 2025 Personal Income Tax Law. The Decree took effect on 1 July 2026 and clarifies several important issues relating to personal income tax (“PIT“) on capi...
In practice, many non-public joint stock companies in Vietnam, particularly those established with no intention of expanding their shareholder base, often fail to clearly distinguish the powers and responsibilities of the company’s governing bodies and management. Such ambiguity frequently res...
On 14 June 2025, the National Assembly of Vietnam enacted the Law on Corporate Income Tax No. 67/2025/QH15, which takes effect on 1 October 2025 and applies to the corporate income tax period for the 2025 tax year (the “2025 CIT Law”). The 2025 CIT Law replaces the Law on Corporate Income Tax No. 14...
On 03 April 2026, the Government issued Decree No. 122/2026/ND-CP (“Decree 122”), providing detailed regulations on the resolution of difficulties encountered by Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) projects in the transport sector. Decree 122 took effect from its signing date (03 April 2026). In this artic...
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