Our experienced international trade and commerce, customs and tax lawyers can assist in the entire supply chain and import process, as well as all tax aspects, you might require in Vietnam.
We help clients with:
Trade/Distribution/Customs
We assist clients to navigate the full range of import and export regulations. We minimize commercial obstacles by assisting with customs controversies, including challenging customs' valuations. Additionally, we advise on contract manufacturing and processing arrangements; import and export compliance; foreign exchange controls and supply chain structuring and planning to derive maximum tax benefits.
Tax Compliance and Controversy
A growing trend has been the increasing focus on enforcement by Vietnamese tax authorities, leading to more tax audits and stringent filing requirements. We regularly advice our clients on effective
long-term tax planning to focus on ongoing compliance and advice on filing and documentation obligations. We also assist with recurring operational tax issues, formulate strategies for formal tax audits or informal queries from tax authorities and handle tax dispute cases.
Engaging with local authorities and government offices
Our presence in Vietnam for many decades means we have taken the time to invest in our relationships, not only with clients, but for clients. We have cultivated longstanding relationships with various government policy and regulatory authorities in Vietnam and play an active role in our chairmanship and membership with the multiple global and regional business and trade associations based here too. We are recognized as both a market-leading firm in the advice we provide the government on policy changes, as well as for clients looking to engage a firm that knows first-hand the ins-and-outs of this quickly evolving legal landscape.
Our offices across the region are also active members in key business associations which work to improve the regulatory environment for business in their jurisdictions including the American and European Chambers of Commerce, as well as US-ASEAN Business Council.
In Vietnam, we have been appointed as member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Council on Administrative Reform in Vietnam, providing technical legal assistance and advice to the Vietnam National Assembly, most notably around the recently enacted Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).
Our lawyers are active members and leaders of organizations in trade, tax and customs under the administration of:
- Ministry of Industry & Trade
- Ministry of Agriculture
- Ministry of Health
- Vietnam Business Forum
- Ministry of Finance
- Multiple global and regional business associations and chambers of commerce.