Decree No.25/2020/ND-CP (Decree 25) issued by the prime minister on February 28, 2020 has broken through the biggest obstacles facing real estate projects nationwide in land bidding and implementation.

The Vietnam Association of Securities Businesses (VASB) may propose market regulators reduce trading taxes for investors, according to general secretary Nguyen Thanh Ky.

Detailed regulations are needed to promote a healthy condotel market, which has been going off-track for years due to an unclear legal framework, experts have said.

The Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association (HoREA) has lauded the Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment in bringing a measure of clarity to condotel and tourist villa regulations but pointed out that certain property types have been left out of the scope of the new framework.

With new guidance on granting ownership being issued in Vietnam, condotel investors are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel after more than two years of uncertainty, with a strengthened market expected to appease both investors and buyers.  

Experts believe the State's issuance of ownership certificates for non-residential real estate projects will solve existing difficulties in Viet Nam’s real estate market.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has sent a document to local departments to regulate the use and certification of non-residential real estate projects.

The growth of foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) in Vietnam has recently raised increasingly complicated tax concerns. These problems arise primarily from the practical issues of determining the transaction price between FIEs and their related parties.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has just issued Document No.703/BTNMT-TCQLDD to guide land-use regimes and ownership certification of non-residential construction, including condotel and officetel.

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Annual photovoltaic plant operations and maintenance (O&M) costs will grow to just over $9 billion in 2024 globally, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie, from over $4 billion last year. Arup Sen, Head of ABB's Power and Water business in Asia for ABB’s Power Systems Division, told VIR’s Thy Nguyet how important of O&M operation in solar industry as well as challenges facing the solar O&M industry in Asia, including Vietnam and trend for digital solutions and services.

The legal documents include new regulations on  foreign exchange management regarding foreign currency funding of microfinance, socio-political organizations and non-governmental organizations.

Vietnam has reaped impressive economic successes in 2019 and is expecting a bumper crop this year. Raymond Mallon, senior economic advisor to the Australia-Vietnam Economic Reform Programme, analyses these achievements and discusses priority actions needed for Vietnam to  become a more prosperous nation in the coming decades.

The condo market in HCM City is expected to face challenges this year, according to industry experts.

Many foreign businesses have expressed their hope for better business and investment environment in Vietnam, especially consistent policies on economic development.

Investors are looking to mergers and acquisitions as the fastest route to embracing digital transformation in Vietnam’s flourishing tech scene.

A series of policies related to management of investment in information technology application using state budget capital, region-based minimum wages, administrative violations in the field of land and the organization and operation of social funds and charity funds has come into force since January, 2020.

A number of laws will take effect since 2020, which are expected to make progress in the nation’s socio-economic development. 

Looking back at a year of massive fluctuations in the global economy, as well as new movements in attracting foreign investment in Vietnam, there have been calls to install an investor filter to ensure that overseas financiers are truly qualified, environmentally friendly, and socially compatible with the country. Dr. Phan Huu Thang, former director of the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, offers his views on how this can be achieved moving forward.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) is the leading foreign investor in Vietnam in 2019, pouring 7.92 billion USD into the country, accounting for over one fifth of the total flow of foreign direct investment into Vietnam during the year.