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← See today's latestVietnam M&A heats up, FTSE upgrade opens doors, tax planning urgent
Vietnam FDI accelerates
Vietnam's foreign-investment market is on fire.
Registered FDI hit USD 40.6 billion through August 2026—a 55.4% year-on-year jump—with foreign capital contributions and share purchases exceeding USD 6.7 billion [Quelle: Conventus Law]. The FTSE Russell upgrade to Secondary Emerging Market status, effective September 21, unlocked fresh accessibility. Manufacturing, industrial real estate, logistics, energy infrastructure, and tech now dominate deal flow—but navigating the new regulatory maze is non-negotiable.
Registration thresholds matter far more than before.
Investment Law 143/2025 tightens M&A filing
Vietnam's new Investment Law No. 143/2025/QH15 rewrote the M&A playbook.
Effective March 2026, the law mandates prior M&A registration when acquisitions push foreign ownership above 50% thresholds or when transactions touch land-use rights in sensitive areas [Quelle: Conventus Law]. Merger-control thresholds under Competition Law No. 23/2018/QH14 include assets or turnover of VND 3 trillion or more, and transaction values of VND 1 trillion or more. Buyers sidestepping these filings face deal unwinding risk.
Deal timeline planning just got messier.
Foreign transfer tax hits 2%
Corporate Income Tax Law No. 67/2025/QH15 introduced a shock for cross-border buyers.
Foreign enterprises now face a 2% tax on gross transfer proceeds for capital transfers, effective December 15, 2025 [Quelle: Conventus Law]. For large deals in real estate, industrial assets, or logistics hubs, the tax creates material transaction-planning friction that cannot be ignored in LOI modeling. Sponsors already in late-stage diligence need to recalculate returns and seller economic adjustments immediately.
Deal economics reset this quarter for Vietnam-bound capital.
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