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Nguyen Hung Du and Tran Nguyen Mong Van, of Grant Thornton Vietnam, discuss the stimulus solutions for Covid-19 announced by the Vietnamese government.

Valerie Teo and Nguyen Tan Tai, of Grant Thornton Vietnam, discuss the tax incentives in Vietnam in renewable energy and the issues to consider before making an investment.

The European Union (EU) announced on 6 October the removal of the Cayman Islands from its list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions. The list is a tool of the EU that aims to tackle external risks of tax abuse and unfair tax competition in low and tax neutral jurisdictions.

Internal Audit plays a key part in the corporate governance. With effort to enhance corporate governance in Vietnam market, the Government issued Decree 05/2019/ND-CP (“Decree 05”) on Internal Audit (IA) which came into effect on 1 April 2019.

Singapore is highly regarded as a sound legal and regulatory jurisdiction, anchored within a stable political and economic environment The Singapore Variable Capital Companies (“VCC”) legislation has recently created a framework that aims to attract funds, asset management firms and investors to expand their activities in Singapore.

Vietnam is implementing a series of important changes in terms of policies to alleviate post-COVID-19 difficulties as well as enhance the business environment, unfold social power to attract and take advantage of available opportunities when major markets in the world are gradually reopening and expanding their supply chains to minimize risks and disruptions.

Vietnam has announced its ambition to be a high income country by 2045, which some may consider to be a major challenge. It is true that Vietnam has shown remarkable growth in per capita income from around US$ 100 per year at the end of the 1980’s to almost US$ 2,800 last year, but to achieve high income status we are talking about a figure of over US$ 12,000 (World Bank 2018 figures).

Our specialists explore how private equity firms are now working with their portfolios and how the mid-market can benefit from investment.

Nervous about partnering with Private Equity? We explore some of the common myths we come across when speaking to mid-market businesses about PE investment.

When the global COVID-19 pandemic stormed across the globe in early 2020, the private equity sector was hit hard but deals are coming back to the market.

This year 2020 has been a particularly challenging year for the hospitality industry with the occurrence of the Covid-19 pandemic, which command the implementation of social distancing and travel restriction measures.

Nguyen Dinh Huy and Nguyen Hung Du, of Grant Thornton Vietnam, explain how businesses need to prepare for a tax audit in Vietnam, looking at the common areas likely to be challenged by the tax authorities.

The diagnostic rated the business resilience of each participating company in the Covid-19 pandemic environment, and analyzed factors of resilience along key aspects of business operations – finance, supply and demand, external factors, and digitization. The findings, based on data, not on expert opinion, were sometimes expected and sometimes surprising

Grant Thornton Vietnam, in partnership with enablecode and TRG, have released the initial report with results of the Business Pandemic Resilience Diagnostic, based on a survey conducted earlier this year. The diagnostic rated the business resilience of each participating company in the Covid-19 pandemic environment, and analyzed factors of resilience along key aspects of business operations – finance, supply and demand, external factors, and digitization.

Vietnam has demonstrated strong and stable growth in attracting foreign direct investment. Kenneth Atkinson, founder and senior board adviser at Grant Thornton Vietnam, explains how the country can push ahead even further

There are significant challenges for investors in the implementation of corporate income tax incentives for expansion investment projects in Vietnam because the law is often changing, as discussed by Tran Nguyen Mong Van and Nguyen Hung Du, of Grant Thornton.