Welcome — what to expect from this blog.

This blog is for the foreign investor or business owner trying to make sense of Vietnamese law without a translator at the table.

The questions I get most often aren't the dramatic ones. They're the practical ones. How does a foreign investor actually take a stake in a Vietnamese company today? Which real-estate structures still work after the latest amendments? What's the cleanest path through an EPC dispute when the counterparty is state-owned? These notes will work through those questions in plain language, without the boilerplate.

Expect short pieces, written from inside the work — not summaries of legislation, but commentary on what the legislation means for a client trying to close a deal, structure an investment, or sort out a problem with a partner. When something significant shifts in corporate, real estate, energy, banking, or hospitality law in Vietnam, you'll see a note here.

If a topic on your mind isn't covered yet, write to me. The best posts come from real questions.