Vietnam Briefing


"Business, legal, tax and foreign investment news and updates about Vietnam."

Author: Dezan Shira & Associates has offices in China, Hong Kong, India and Vietnam. The firm also authors India Briefing and China Briefing.

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Recent Posts from Vietnam Briefing


  • Ho Chi Minh City Included in Top Cities for Software Testing

    Nov. 20 - Strategic advisory firm, Tholons has included Ho Chi Minh City in its annual report of Top 6 Established Global Outsourcing Cities for Software Testing for the second year in a row. The…

  • Hanoi Plans to Streamline New Business Procedures

    Nov. 19 - Hanoi’s Department of Planning and Investment announced plans to cut down the number of days it takes to establish a new business from the current 30 days to a maximum of nine…

  • Tax Laws on Overseas Investment to be Revised

    Nov. 18 – Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance is planning to revise tax laws to encourage more Vietnamese businesses to make overseas investments. The draft of the tax circular is pending official approval at the end…

  • Business in Vietnam as a Matter of Alignment

    By Joyce Roque HANOI, Nov. 17 –Vietnam Briefing spoke with Robert Hughes, a principal at Tonkin Capital and a consultant for T&C Holding JSC. Hughes has been in Asia for 18 years taking top corporate…

  • Minimum Wage Levels to Rise for Foreign Companies in 2010

    Nov. 16 - Minimum monthly wages at foreign companies and organizations in the Vietnam’s least developed areas will increase 8.6 percent to VND1 million next year, according to a new government decree. However, the minimum…

  • AirAsia Launches HCMC-Phuket Route

    Nov. 12 - Malaysia’s low cost carrier AirAsia has launched a new daily flight between Ho Chi Minh City and the famous Thai beach destination Phuket. It is AirAsia’s first direct flight shuttling from Ho…

  • New Fund to Support Pro-Poor Projects

    Nov. 11 - Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment, the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID) and the Asian Development Bank have launched a new fund that will help support projects directly beneficial to the…

  • Customs Department Announces Dutiable Price Database for Various Goods

    Nov. 10 - Vietnam’s General Department of Customs (GDC) has announced a new price database for dutiable products imported into the country and guidelines on how to inspect declared values. The GDC letter instructs customs…

  • India’s US$5 Billion Vietnam Project to Begin

    Nov. 9 - India’s Tata Steel might soon begin its US$5 billion project in Vietnam when 725 hectares of land in Ha Tinh Province is allocated and handed over to the company as an alternative…

  • A Hanoi Primer

    By Joyce Roque HANOI, Nov. 6 – The first thing you will remember on your drive out of Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport might also be the last thing you see as you leave the…