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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.
Starting August 2017 Vietnam will have a derivatives market with four kinds of products: Futures; Options; Swaps; and Forwards and they can be traded both on the OTC or the main exchange. However according to the State Securities Commission there is a move to merge the two exchanges . Originally, it was anticipated that this new market would commence trading in May or June 2017.
In this newsletter, Grant Thornton Vietnam would like to update you on the tax regulations and preferential policies regarding industrial cluster development
2016 is considered to have been a “fantastic year with history-making results”. The Vietnamese Tourism Industry saw an increase in both to an all-time high, with 26% increase in total foreign visitor arrivals and an18.4% increase in total revenue. In 2016, Vietnam welcomed 72 million domestic and International visitors, higher than the target of 68.5 million visitors as set out by Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT). This is a remarkable achievement considering the ecological disaster in the Central coast, which haunted the industry in mid-year 2016, and where the number of visitor dropped significantly. The Vietnam Tourism Industry recorded a record 10 million international visitors and the highest yearly increase of 2 million international visitors
Grant Thornton Vietnam’s Hotel Survey 2017 presents financial, operational and marketing information for the 2016 financial year from a range of Vietnamese upscale hotels and resorts.
On June 06th, 2017, Vietnam Government issued Decree No. 71/2017 / ND-CP ("Decree 71") regarding the corporate governance applicable to public companies effective from August 01st, 2017. Circular No. 121/2012 / TT-BTC dated July 26th, 2012 issued by the Ministry of Finance stipulated corporate governance applicable to public companies, will be repealed on the effective date of Decree 71.
This was the title of the Vietnam Business Forum, which I attended last Friday, in Hanoi. Participants included HE Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment (“MPI”) Dang Huy Dong, World Bank Country Director Mr Ousmane Dione, IFC and other Government departments, Embassies, Business Groups and others.
The first 7-Eleven store is about to open in Vietnam, in the coming days, with a store in Ho Chi Minh City, interestingly in the lobby of a commercial office building on the edge of the CBD.
During business operations enterprises can take loans granted locally and/or from offshore to finance their current or long-term investments. For cross-border loans, they are classified into two types, i.e. government debts and non-government debts. This article focusses on non-government debts administration compliance, domestic tax and tax treaty protection.
In this newsletter, Grant Thornton Vietnam would like to highlight the following updates in relation to invoices, taxation, custom, and investment procedures: 1. Amendment on the deadline for submission of the application on using self-printed invoices, as well as the notification on invoice publication, effective from 12 June 2017 2. Whether 0% interest rate loans will be subject to deemed tax? 3. Regulations on Value Added Tax (“VAT”) applicable for imported fixed assets as capital contribution for the establishment of an enterprise 4. Circular 02/2017/ TT-BKHDT provides guidance on the mechanism for the coordination in processing the application for investment registration and enterprise registration of foreign investors effective from 15 June 2017
One of the common complaints from foreign investors is about the lack of transparency in business and in the licensing and approvals processes
In this month's newsletter, Grant Thornton Vietnam would like to update you on the tax audit and tax examination schedules of the year 2017 of General Department of Taxation (“GDT”) for your reference. GDT focuses on audit and examination of Value Added Tax (“VAT”) refund, comprehensive tax audit at offices of Enterprises and Foreign Invested Enterprises (“FIEs”) in retail sector.
As mentioned in previous Insights there has been much talk of startups and financial backing and also the encouragement of innovation and innovative technologies.
In this newsletter, Grant Thornton Vietnam would like to provide an update in relation to taxes, insurances and customs regulations for your reference
The major topic of the week of course is the One Belt One Road summit, which started in Beijing on Monday this week. The project aims at connecting all countries along the old Silk Road by sea routes, road and train, connecting Asia, Middle East, Europe and Africa.
Grant Thornton Vietnam is pleased to issue the 2017 edition of ‘Doing Business in Vietnam’. We hope you find this guide useful and helpful in understanding how to do business in Vietnam.
For sure there has been a lot of talk of late about alternative energy and in particular Solar and Wind generated energy but the big impasse has often been the negotiations on feed in tariffs (“FIT’s”). The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam (“MOIT”) has just released a draft circular following Decision 11 on mechanisms for encouraging the development of solar power in Vietnam (“Decision 11”) which was issued by the Prime Minister last month.