Vietnam Business Information
Sources of information and advice for trading and investing in Vietnam
Government and Official Agencies
NZTE's site offers an overview of doing business in Vietnam, information on networking events and resources for research.
NZTE's site offers a comprehensive guide to doing business in Vietnam and comparisons with other ASEAN trading partner
Contact details for NZTE's offices in Ho Chi Minh City.
This section provides essential information for New Zealanders interested in undertaking a short or long-term stay in Vietnam. Also available are the latest news posts and a section on business and trade with Vietnam.
Contact details for New Zealand Embassy and consulate offices in Vietnam. Details shown after search entered.
Information on the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement.
This government-run site provides an outline of the agency's services, which include consulting and facilitating the operations of foreign businesses in Vietnam. There is also an online marketplace for buyers and sellers and links to the sites of local trade promotion centres. ADD This page is in Vietnamese, Google translate can be used however.
Run by the Agency for SME Development, this site offers a step-by-step guide to starting a business in Vietnam, including information on taxes, labour codes, business regulations pertaining to specific industries and export-processing zones. There are also directories of business associations, banks and legal consultants
The site's section for importers offers a small online marketplace and a guide to customs procedures and tariffs. Its investors' section lists investment opportunities and incentives, and features information on business costs, including typical local salaries for various positions. There is also a guide to investing in Vietnam that includes information on tax, land and labour issues.
Direct foreign investment news from the Vietnam Economic Times. The site includes extensive sector-specific trade listings, including consultants, industrial parks, banks and local offices of foreign companies.
The website of Runkel & Associates, a US-based consultancy that specialises in Asian business.
Site includes a business directory, an online marketplace (registration required) and business news.
Billing itself as a Vietnam-US trade bridge, this site offers a guide to doing business in Vietnam. It features information on the legal framework, taxes, tariffs and foreign direct investment, including incentives for inward investors. It also has a business directory and an online marketplace.
The Ministry's site offers information on foreign direct investment and the regulations governing taxation, land and the use and accounting of natural resources. The site also carries news on banking, finance and trade, and summaries of Financial Informatics, its magazine.
Information on Vietnam's fishing industry. It includes a directory of fisheries processing and export enterprises.
Information on the different forms foreign direct investment projects may take, and relevant legislation. This includes a list of national projects in the textile and garment industries interested in procuring FDI.
Site includes a tariff database searchable by goods type, information on import and export duties and lists of customs policy decisions and legislative measures.
Industry Support and Networking Organisations
The chamber's site carries economic and business news, and includes an online marketplace for sourcing and business matching and a directory of exporters, searchable by company name or sector.
ASEAN New Zealand combined Business Council aims to promote trade and business links between the ASEAN nations and New Zealand, and which offers members resources, influence, expertise and opportunities in the region.
Other useful websites
Searchable business directory.
The New Zealand database was created by the University of Auckland Library in conjunction with the New Zealand Asia Institute. It a freely available resource for researchers focusing on business information and engagement between New Zealand and Asia.
The Asian edition of the leading US business daily.
Reliable information on the country's political and economic situation