The Dispatch Letter No. 1537/BXH-CSYT guiding on payment of Covid-19 test cost in accordance with the Health Insurance Policy
Recently, the Covid-19 epidemic situation is complicated in Vietnam. In order to ensure the health of themselves and the community, many people have been tested for Covid-19. On 2nd June 2021, Vietnam Social Insurance Authority issued the Dispatch Letter No. 1537/BXH-CSYT guiding on payment of Covid-19 test cost in accordance with the Health Insurance Policy. […]
Law on Investment 2020 – Breakthroughs in the field of investment
A number of fields concerning the Land Law, the Law on Real Estate Business and other related laws have been specified and amended in this Law on Investment 2020, thereby contributing to the improvement of the laws. Compared with the Law on Investment 2014, the Law on Investment 2020 has 22 notable changes, some priciple […]
M&A – simplified complexity
In the 2016 - 2019 period, Vietnamese market witnessed series of cult M&A deals. The most prominence is the event that one of the largest transportation service providers in Southeast Asia - Grab acquired total shares of Uber in the Southeast Asian market. Thus, what does M&A mean? What are methods to identify an M&A […]
WHAT LEGAL ASPECTS SHOULD VIETNAMESE ENTERPRISES AWARE WHEN IPO IN THE UNITED STATE?
Abstract Recently, a number of private Vietnamese companies such as Bamboo, Vinfast, ... plan to IPO in the US stock market. Through this, we can see the attractiveness of adopting a foreign stock market to mobilize capital to help open up capital for production and business activities of Vietnamese enterprises. The listing of securities abroad […]
Special Preferential Import - Export Tariff to implement the UKVFTA Agreement
Special Preferential Import - Export Tariff to implement the UKVFTA Agreement
Legal updates on New Law on Housing Decree - Decree 30/2021/ND-CP
On 26 March the government promulgated Decree No.30/2021/ND-CP to amend a previous decree implementing the Law on Housing 2014. Lawyer Nguyen Thanh Ha from SBLaw points out the impact of this decree on developers. Decree 30 was revised based on the opinions of experts, consultants, and developers and improved much compared to theprevious Decree No.99/2015/ND-CP. […]
Suspending the receipt of lawsuit petitions at the Court's headquarters
Dear Valued Client, On May 11, 2021, the Supreme People's Court issued Official dispatch 125/TANDTC-VP on the continued prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic. Accordingly, from 0:00 on May 12, 2021 to the end of 24:00 on May 31, 2021, the Chief Justice of the Courts shall strictly implement the following contents: - The […]
Tax apply to dividend pay
Question: We are a Joint Vienture in Vietnam and please advise the tax apply to dividend pay incase our company pay dividend to Vietnamese owner and Foreign owners. Answer: According to the Point c, Subclause 3, Clause 2, Circular No. 111/2013/TT-BTC dated 15 August 2013 of the Ministry of Finance on the implementation of the […]
Set up a company in Vietnam
Question: We would like to set up a company in Vietnam to do the intermediarytrade. The Business scope will be: Importing Macadamia Nuts, Pecan Nuts and Pistachio Nuts fromSouth Africa then Export to China directly. Goods will be imported to Hochiminh Port then export to Longbang Port in China. The goods will not be selling […]