What changed in Vietnam

A genuine 5-year tax exemption exists for qualifying high-tech talent

Personal income tax

Self-custody and foreign-exchange holdings sit in an undefined tax and legal position

Crypto tax and legal status

Staking, mining, airdrops and DeFi yield have no published tax rule

Crypto tax and legal status

Crypto transfers are not subject to VAT

Crypto tax and legal status

The licensed exchange withholds and remits the tax for you

Crypto tax and legal status

0.1 percent on the gross transfer price, per transaction, no holding-period exemption

Crypto tax and legal status

Crypto is legally recognised, but only fully legal inside a licensed pilot

Crypto tax and legal status

Expect a one-off payout on departure, not a lifetime Vietnamese pension

Pension

Public health insurance is mandatory on a qualifying contract, optional otherwise

Healthcare coverage

Standard expatriate exclusions quietly reduce your taxable base

Personal income tax

No non-dom, no flat tax, no territorial shelter, this is the decisive fact for wealthy movers

Personal income tax

Running your foreign company from Vietnamese soil is the classic PE trap for a relocating founder

Moving your company

You cannot move your company's legal seat into Vietnam, only incorporate fresh

Moving your company

A 100 percent foreign-owned LLC is the standard vehicle, and often the residency route too

Moving your company

No annual property tax, but a 2 percent charge when you sell

Leaving home: exit tax and ties

Inheritance and gifts are taxed as income at a flat 10 percent

Leaving home: exit tax and ties

No wealth tax and no tax simply for becoming a resident

Leaving home: exit tax and ties

No citizenship-by-investment programme exists

Permanent residency and citizenship

Dual citizenship is narrowly allowed, most applicants still have to renounce

Permanent residency and citizenship

Naturalisation needs 5 years continuous residence on a PR card

Permanent residency and citizenship

Permanent residency is not a routine five-years-then-PR ladder here

Permanent residency and citizenship

An Employer of Record gets you a genuine work permit and TRC without owning a company

Residency routes

The DT investor-visa ladder is what actually works today

Residency routes

The 10-year Golden Visa is still a draft, do not plan around it

Residency routes

No passive-income, retirement or nomad-to-residence visa exists

Residency routes

Signing contracts or managing from Vietnamese soil risks creating a permanent establishment

Permanent establishment risk

Plan on private insurance, public coverage is not available to you

Healthcare coverage

No social security agreement exists for most nationalities, home rules decide everything

Social security

Compulsory social insurance does not reach a pure remote worker

Social security

Resident tax runs 5 to 35 percent across five bands

Personal income tax

No treaty means no relief if you become resident

Personal income tax

A tax treaty gives you a 183-day dependent-services relief route

Personal income tax

Non-resident foreign-source income is not taxed in Vietnam

Personal income tax

Past 183 days you become a Vietnamese tax resident

Tax residency

A long-term lease can make you tax resident even under 183 days

Tax residency

Unlikely to become a Vietnamese tax resident on this stay

Tax residency

Local-facing work without a permit carries real fines and deportation risk

Right to work

Working remotely on the tourism-only 45-day entry breaks two rules at once

Right to work

Remote work on a tourist or e-visa is a tolerated grey zone, not a legal right

Right to work

No single visa covers a continuous stay past 90 days

Immigration and visa

ASEAN bilateral visa-free entry for 30 days

Immigration and visa

Visa-free entry for 45 days, tourism purposes only

Immigration and visa

Visa-free entry for 45 days, any purpose

Immigration and visa

E-visa covers stays up to 90 days for every nationality

Immigration and visa