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Vietnam continues to outperform global averages in women’s leadership. Explore key insights from Grant Thornton’s Women in Business 2026 report on gender diversity and CEO representation.
Explore Grant Thornton Vietnam’s M&A Outlook 2026, featuring Vietnam’s M&A market performance in 2025, key sectors, investor trends and deal drivers for 2026.
In-depth analysis of Circular 99/2025/TT-BTC from an IFRS perspective, assessing its level of alignment and implications for IFRS conversion in Vietnam.
How is the second-home segment of Vietnam attractive to international visitors? Why Vietnam should be chosen for expats to live in? Vietnam has been one of the top performing inbound tourism markets over the last few years rising from 7.6 million in 2013 and rising to 18.5 million in 2019 with a forecast 20.5 million in 2020 (prior to COVID 19). I In January 2020 we received just under 2 million foreign visitors in one month alone. Much of this raid increase in inbound tourists has come from China, South Korea and Japan who together have contributed more than 50% of the inbound market.
On 16th March 2020, the Vietnam Ministry of Finance issued the Decision 345/QD-BTC on approval of proposal to Financial Reporting Standard (“FRS”) application in Vietnam. Key information and impacts of this decision are summarized as follows.
With the rising impact of COVID-19 being seen worldwide, all industries will face significant disruption to their supply chain, workforce and cashflow. The right response will depend on the specific circumstances you and your business face. However, when experiencing significant stress or distress, we recommend you focus everything you do around the management of cash.
Rules on Economic Substance (“the Rules”) have recently been updated on the 10th February 2020. In addition, the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) has now officially been removed from the European Council’s “grey list” as of 18th February.
The entrepreneurial culture of Ho Chi Minh City, combined with a youthful, progressive workforce and excellent trading links, make this a fantastic destination for businesses looking to expand into the region.
Published in March 2020
How can you make your business better prepared and more able to handle the impact of this global pandemic?
The spread of the Coronavirus is impacting businesses around the world. Entities need to carefully consider the accounting implications of this situation. This IFRS Alert considers the impact of the Coronavirus on 31 December 2019 year ends.
Planning for coronavirus impact
There have been more than 18,000 deaths in the USA alone so far this year from Influenza (CDC) far less than deaths from Covid-19. The Government has been working hard and in addition to efforts on the medical front they are also evaluating on how to help support business. Directive no 11/CT-TTg is a move in this direction and covers abroad range of measures.
It is hard to believe that the EU Vietnam Free Trade Agreement has been in the making for more than 8 years but is now at last nearing implementation with the ratification of the EU Parliament in February 2020. The Vietnamese National Assembly will hopefully ratify the Agreement in May this year.
Grant Thornton’s 2020 Women in Business report delves into the statistics on how the Blueprint for Action is being used by businesses worldwide to promote more women into leadership roles.
We launch a series of Brief discussion on Tax Finalization and Profit Remittance Abroad, Corporate Income Tax Incentive for Social Impact Projects, and Tax Breaks for High-tech Transfers.
Merger and acquisition remains a root but increasingly complex path to growth for many businesses, essential preparation can overcome the challenges.