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What kind of double taxation agreements does Vietnam have?
- December 2013
- Members Access
In Vietnam, double tax agreements impact both corporate and personal income taxes for residents of Vietnam or citizens of the country that Vietnam had signed double tax agreements with, or both. To be considered a resident, following conditions have ...
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How manufacturing in Vietnam will help targeting Chinese market?
- December 2013
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With wages being about 30 percent of those in China and fairly low land use cost, Vietnam is an attractive manufacturing destination lately. The ASEAN Free Trade Agreement that China just signed eliminates import tariffs for thousands of products tha...
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What is 100 percent foreign-owned enterprise under Vietnamese law?
- December 2013
- Free Access
In Vietnam, a wholly-owned enterprise (100 percent foreign-owned enterprise) is an independent legal entity owned and established by a foreign investor under the Laws on Enterprise and Laws on Investment of Vietnam under which the foreign investor...
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What is Joint Venture under Vietnamese law?
- December 2013
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A Joint Venture is an enterprise established in Vietnam on the basis of a joint venture contract signed by two or more parties for the purpose of conducting investment and business in Vietnam. One or more of the parties can be foreign entities. A joi...
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What are the World Trade Organization Service Sectors in Vietnam?
- December 2013
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There are in total 11 sectors of services in the WTO Schedule of Specific Commitments in Services of Vietnam: Business services Distribution services Financial services, insurance and insurance-related services Trans...
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Why is Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) a strategic geographical ...
- November 2013
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Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam together form one of the world's largest emerging markets. Annual growth in that region is 5 percent and expecting to grow at that rate till 2020. Howe...
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Why is the number of multi-national companies investing in Vietnam constantly gr...
- November 2013
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Investment's volume in Vietnam has increased in the recent years due to its cheap labor resources, positive political, economic and demographic trends.Over the past 20 years FDI inflows into Vietnam increased tremendously, especially into manufacturi...
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How does investing in Vietnam help targeting the emerging ASEAN region?
- November 2013
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Vietnam's export to the rest of ASEAN nations have reached US$ 13.6 billion in 2011 and accounted for about ten percent of the country's total GDP in 2012 (US$ 138.1 billion). With tariffs reduced on over 4,000 different products, average tariff rate...
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What are Vietnam's major ASEAN exports?
- November 2013
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Three Vietnamese commodities had the significant turnover increase compared to 2012: Phone and mobile production, of which total turnover has reached US$ 334.7 million, accounting for 6.5 percent of Vietnam's total turnover; Crude oil with turnov...
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What are the development zones existing in Vietnam?
- November 2013
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Foreign investors can establish their initial presence with a combindation of certain tax incentives and easier processes for registration or paperworks in one of these zones: Industrial zones specialize on producing industrial goods or the provis...
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What are the administrative procedures to set up manufacturing facilities in dev...
- November 2013
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The usual procedures to set up a manufacturing facilities in Vietnamese development zones include the following steps: Registration to verify your investment (i.e., the Board will issue the relevant investment certificates); Issuance of construct...
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What kinds of taxes exist in Vietnam and what are their rates?
- November 2013
- Members Access
The main taxes in Vietnam are: Corporate income tax - On June 19, 2013 the National Assembly approved CIT reduction from 25 to 22 percent, which will be further reduced to 20 percent by 2016; Value-added tax standard rate is ten percent. But depe...
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