Glossary
Investment registration authority
Vietnamese: Cơ quan đăng ký đầu tư
The body that issues IRCs and handles M&A registration: the provincial finance department, or the zone management board for projects inside zones. Names after the 2025 restructuring (confirm with counsel).
Where it comes up
- Setting up a new company in Vietnam: the ordinary procedure (R1)
- Projects requiring Investment Policy Approval in Vietnam (R2)
- Land-based projects: auction, bidding and investor selection (R3)
- Buying shares in a Vietnamese company without prior approval (R5)
- M&A registration before closing: foreign share acquisitions (R6)
- Acquiring an investment project in Vietnam (R7)
- Investing through a Business Cooperation Contract (R8)
- Investing through an existing Vietnam company with foreign ownership (R9)
- Capital, foreign exchange and the DICA
- Tax, accounting and e-invoices from day one
- Personal data, cybersecurity and compliance
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