Taxation in Vietnam

Foreign Contractor Withholding Tax ('FCWT') applies to payments of interest, royalties, licence fees, foreign contractors’ fees, cross-border leases, insurance/reinsurance, airline and express delivery charges to a foreign entity.

According to the Agreement between the government of the Government of Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the foreign countries (for example Government of Republic of France), a Tax Payer shall be considered as having permanent establishment in a Country if it has one of followings: - A registered head office; -...

 Foreign contractor (FC) is entitled to choose one of two incorporate tax regimes available under Vietnam Law., i.e. (i) Paying Value Added Tax according to declared revenue and expense which is similar to tax regime applicable to domestic enterprises and (ii) Paying Value Added Tax according to fixed rates...

We would like to inform you some information about Vietnam PIT as follows:

Foreign constructor is entitled to choose one of two incorporate tax regimes available under Vietnam Law., i.e. (i) Paying Corporate Income Tax according to declared revenue and expense which is similar to tax regime applicable to domestic enterprises and (ii) Paying Corporate Income Tax according to fixed rates which...

Under Vietnam Law, tax incentives are granted based on regulated encouraged sectors and difficult socio-economic locations.

We would like to provide you with some information about VAT in Vietnam as follows: Scope of application Value-added tax (’VAT’) applies to goods and services used for production, trading and consumption in Vietnam (including goods and services purchased from abroad). In each case the business must charge VAT on the...

The Law on Environment Protection Tax took effect from 1 January 2012.

We would like to provide some information about Special Sale Tax and other taxes in Vietnam for you as follows:

Question: How's the government tax of the foreign enterprise in Vietnam? I mean the profit income tax.   If I run the business and setting up pirvate company(farm) in Vietnam, In additon of the company profit tax, should I need to pay the personal income tax? It means I need to...