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Sharing at the 30th Independent Board Member Certification Program

On March 03, 2025, at the 30th Independent Board Member Certification Program (DCP) organized by the Vietnam Institute of Directors (VIOD), Attorney Nguyen Thi Minh Khoa, managing attorney of K&Associates Law Firm, participated in sharing legal issues for independent board members. During the session, lawyer Minh Khoa discussed legal issues surrounding “Conflict of Interest,” the…

M&A in businesses today

Những vấn đề liên quan đến Mergers và Acquisitions trong doanh nghiệp hiện nay

What is M&A? M&A is an abbreviation of the English phrase: Mergers and Acquisitions. M&A is the activity of acquiring control of a business through a merger or acquisition between two or more businesses to own 1 or all of that business. Specifically, such as: The company merger is specified in Article 201 of the Enterprise…

Issues related to temporary residence for foreign investors

Các vấn đề liên quan về tạm trú và thẻ tạm trú của nhà đầu tư nước ngoài

With the open door policies, calling for FDI with many incentives of the Vietnamese government today, Vietnam is an attractive destination for foreign investors. In order to create favorable conditions for foreign investors to live and work in Vietnam, Vietnam has quite flexible policies, suitable for each investor in issuing temporary residence cards. Having a temporary residence…

Legal sharing for Board of Directors members

On November 22, 2024, at the DCP Program of the 30th Cohort organized by the Vietnam Institute of Directors (VIOD), lawyer Nguyễn Thị Minh Khoa, Managing Partner of K&Associates Law Firm, participated in sharing legal issues relevant to independent board members. During the session, lawyer Minh Khoa discussed legal topics surrounding “conflicts of interest,” issues…

Foreign Indirect Investment in Vietnam and IICA

Đầu tư gián tiếp từ nước ngoài vào Việt Nam và IICA

Forms of foreign indirect investment in Vietnam Foreign investors can invest indirectly in Vietnam through the following 07 forms, including: Contributing capital, buying and selling shares or contributed capital of foreign investors in foreign-invested enterprises that have not yet been listed or registered for trading on the Stock Exchange Contributing capital, buying and selling shares…

The procedures for applying for an investment registration certificate for projects under the competence to approve investment guidelines of the Provincial People’s Committee

Dự án thuộc thẩm quyền chấp thuận chủ trương đầu tư của Uỷ ban nhân dân cấp Tỉnh

Projects falling under the competence to approve investment guidelines of provincial-level People’s Committees Pursuant to Article 32 of the Law on Investment 2020 stipulating the competence to approve investment guidelines of provincial-level People’s Committees, as amended by Clause 2, Article 3 of the Law amending the Law on Public Investment, the Law on Investment in…

Procedures for applying for an investment registration certificate for projects under the Prime Minister’s jurisdiction to approve investment guidelines

Dự án thuộc thẩm quyền chấp thuận chủ trương đầu tư của Thủ tướng Chính phủ

The Prime Minister’s competence to approve investment guidelines a. Investment projects regardless of capital sources fall into one of the following cases: Investment projects requiring resettlement of 10,000 or more people in mountainous areas or 20,000 or more people in other regions; New construction investment projects: airports, airfields; runways of airports and airfields; passenger terminals…

Issues related to foreign investors in Vietnam

Các vấn đề liên quan nhà đầu tư nước ngoài vào Việt Nam

Concept Foreign investor means an individual with foreign nationality, an organization established under foreign law, carrying out business investment activities in accordance with the law of Vietnam. Thus, foreign investment in Vietnam is the abandonment of assets or investment capital in Vietnam by overseas investors (enterprises or individuals) in the forms set forth by law. Rights…

Foreign investors receiving land use rights in Vietnam and related issues

Nhà đầu tư nước ngoài nhận quyền sử dụng đất tại Việt Nam

Get land use rights Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 191 of the 2013 Land Law, in case of not being able to receive transfer or gift for the right of use, it is stipulated that organizations, households, individuals, residential communities, religious establishments, overseas Vietnamese, foreign-invested enterprises are not entitled to receive the transfer, receive gifts for…