Find the right route before you start
Path · UAE
Setting up a UAE company
Free zone, mainland, or offshore. Costs, timelines, documents, and the mistakes that add three weeks at the end.
Path · Vietnam
Setting up in Vietnam
IRC, ERC, seal, tax code, and DICA capital contribution. The 90-day rule that costs founders their license.
Path · Residency
Getting your visa
UAE employment visa, dependants, and Vietnam work permit. Documents, timelines, and what happens if a step delays.
Path · Tax
Tax & compliance calendar
UAE corporate tax, VAT, and free-zone qualifying income. Vietnam CIT, VAT, PIT, and FCT. What is due when.
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Investing in the UAE
Economy, market access, capital, tax and exit
Investing in Vietnam
Economy, market access, capital, tax and exit
Corporate
Articles, guides, reference pages and answers
Accounting & Compliance
Articles, guides, reference pages and answers
Fiduciary
Articles, guides, reference pages and answers
Banking
Articles, guides, reference pages and answers
People & Payroll
Articles, guides, reference pages and answers
How to use the knowledge base
Start with the topic closest to your question. Check which country the article covers and any dates or conditions it mentions. Requirements can vary by business activity and circumstances.
Use the knowledge base to prepare your questions, not as confirmation that a route or requirement applies to your case. If you need help applying the information to your business, contact Sonsoto.
Glossary.
The market-entry world runs on acronyms. These are the ones you will meet most often on a Sonsoto case — scoped to the location you have selected, with the Sonsoto-wide terms always shown.
- IRC Investment Registration CertificateVietnam
- Vietnam's approval for foreign-invested capital in a specific project.
- ERC Enterprise Registration CertificateVietnam
- Vietnam's company registration itself, issued after the IRC.
- DICA Direct Investment Capital AccountVietnam
- The dedicated bank account where a Vietnam FDI's charter capital must be paid in within 90 days.
- DED Department of Economic DevelopmentUAE
- The mainland licensing authority in each UAE emirate.
- CT UAE corporate taxUAE
- 9% above AED 375,000 taxable income, with a qualifying free-zone person path to 0% on qualifying income.
- Qualifying incomeUAE
- Income that keeps a free-zone entity on the 0% rate. Strict substance, activity, and de minimis rules apply.
- Named ownerGlobal
- Sonsoto's operating model: one accountable specialist named on your file, from first request through renewal.
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