Tax
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Vietnam
Band 1
Email address
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+84 8 3829 5585About
Provided by Baker McKenzie
The Vietnam Practice – one of the largest multi-disciplinary practices in the country:
• We have over 50 lawyers and other fee-earners in Vietnam. This enables us to provide dedicated on-the-ground liaison and support services to clients who are investing and implementing projects in the country.
• Our lawyers help to guide clients through the legal and commercial risks inherent in Vietnam’s evolving legal system and changing political-economic landscape. In light of our local expertise, transactional experience, relationships with government officials and legal authorities, and familiarity with relevant Vietnamese entities, our Vietnam Practice Group remains unrivalled in terms of the assistance we are able to render to clients.
• Our team of skilled, dedicated and experienced tax experts includes our practice head Thanh Vinh Nguyen in Ho Chi Minh City. The team also includes special counsel Thanh Hoa Dao, who is also based in Ho Chi Minh City, while rising star associates Ngoc Trung Tran and Thu Van Tran are based in our Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City offices respectively.
The Vietnam Tax Group – national and international expertise:
• Our award-winning Tax Group in Vietnam is unique among law firms in its intrinsic ability to provide tailored seamless advice. This ability stems from a keen understanding of the local market conditions in which our clients operate, as well as an appreciation of our clients’ overall global, regional and national issues and objectives.
Chambers Review
Baker McKenzie has a respected team in Vietnam for tax work, with an impressive offering in overall tax strategy on transactions, as well as tax planning, customs and tax audits. The firm ably draws on its dispute resolution team for contentious matters. The practice regularly acts for a host of multinational clients across many sectors, including TMT and energy.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Their analytical skills, combined with their ability to think strategically, allow them to tackle complex matters with ease and deliver effective solutions."
"The team were quick to understand our business model and advise in relation to local tax laws."
"Their analytical skills, combined with their ability to think strategically, allow them to tackle complex matters with ease and deliver effective solutions."
"The team were quick to understand our business model and advise in relation to local tax laws."
Notable Practitioners
Thanh Vinh Nguyen is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Ho Chi Minh City office. He has strong expertise in a wide array of tax issues including customs, tax incentives and tax due diligence.
"Thanh Vinh Nguyen offered very good service, communication and availability."
"Thanh Vinh Nguyen is the leading partner and is very knowledgeable."
Thi Thanh Hoa Dao is a special counsel in the firm's Ho Chi Minh City office. She possesses key experience assisting clients with tax incentives and advice on transactional matters.
"Hoa provides strong technical review and recommendations."
"She demonstrated a remarkable grasp of the complexities of my case. She is a true expert."