INSIGHTS THIS MONTH
HIGHLIGHT OF THIS MONTH
Annual Audit of Personal Income Tax in the Lao PDR
Are you ready for your annual personal income tax audit, due by 31 March 2021? Did you know you need to register for a taxpayer identification number? Do you...
IN THIS ISSUE
COVID-19 in Cambodia: What are the consequences of violating the COVID Law?
[From our Cambodia Office]
With the current drastic increase in the number of COVID-19 infections in Cambodia and to help prevent the spread of contagious diseases, the Royal...
Final Payment of Annual Profit Tax for FY2020
[From our Laos Office]
The deadline for the final annual profit tax payment is fast approaching, are you ready? Are you aware of the new 50% penalty on...
Updates on Licensing for Rubber and Rubberwood Processing
[From our Cambodia Office]
The richness of Cambodia’s soil makes rubber plantations a popular investment in the Kingdom of Cambodia. Seeing the potential growth in this sector, the...
Cambodia – Tax Changes and Relief Affecting Your 2020 Corporate Income Tax Return
[From our Cambodia Office]
On 29 January 2020, the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued Prakas No. 098 MEF.PrK on Tax on Income (“Prakas 098”), which made several...
Temporary Relaxation of Licensing Requirement for Importation and Exportation of Certain Goods in Myanmar
[From our Regulatory Team - Myanmar Office]
The Ministry of Commerce (“MOC”) recently issued Newsletter no.02/2021, dated 3 March 2021, (“Newsletter 2”) granting a temporary exemption for obtaining import/export licenses when...
RECENT VDB LOI WORK
TMT operations: The TMT team is conducting a facility agreement sanction review for a leading regional telecommunications company.
FDA approval: VDB Loi is assisting a major regional F&B company with obtaining FDA approval to import and distribute its products in Myanmar.
Experts in land matters: Clients look to us for our expertise on land issues; we are regularly engaged by local and foreign investors to conduct due diligence on their project land.
Corporate compliance: VDB Loi is assisting a global electronics company and a regional telecommunications company with their corporate filing obligations.
Insurance advisory for energy project: Our Energy team is advising an export credit agency on the provision of equity and debt political risk guarantee insurance to a thermal project in Myanmar, currently being developed on the basis of a PPA with the government.
Archive
- VDB Loi Cambodia Awarded Cambodia Tax Firm of the Year
August 2021 - New Regulation in Cambodia on Road Transportation Services Provided With the Use of Digital Technologies
July 2021 - Tax Amnesty on Undisclosed Income at Reduced Tax Rates
June 2021 - M&A Hot Issues
May 2021 - Phnom Penh Lockdown: Who Remains Open? Which Authorities Still Work?
April 2021 - Annual Audit of Personal Income Tax in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (VDB Loi Insights)
March 2021 - New Tax Rules in Laos, Solar Bids in Cambodia, Expat Labor Rules Myanmar
February 2021 - What Is Different About Cambodia’s New Solar Project Tender? (VDB Loi Insights)
January 2021 - Laos: Key Changes to Secured Transactions
November 2020 - New Rules Issued for Unsolicited Projects in Myanmar
October 2020 - VDB Loi Celebrates Outstanding Asialaw Rankings (VDB Loi Insights
September 2020 - VDB Loi Crowned Tax Firm Of The Year For Third Time At The 2020 ITR Tax Awards
August 2020 - Challenging Times Ahead? What Lenders and Other Creditors Need to Know About Myanmar’s New Insolvency System
July 2020 - Loan Transactions In Southeast Asia: Getting Through The Challenging Times
June 2020 - How To Win at Myanmar’s Solar Tender, Part of COVID-19 Stimulus Package?
May 2020 - Do Employees Have the Right to Work Remotely? Questions on Labor Law Facing the Corona Virus Outbreak
April 2020 - Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos Facing the Pandemic Challenge
March 2020 - Project Bank (finally) published
February 2020 - Myanmar Approved FDI for 2019 in Power Sector: All Projects Selected VDB Loi as Advisor
January 2020 - The Impact of the 2019 Construction Law on Property Development in Cambodia
November 2019 - Can you sue a dissolved company? (VDB Loi Insights)
October 2019 - Myanmar Arbitration Update
September 2019 - Myanmar Passes New Law for Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation
August 2019 - How to Create a Tidal Wave of Foreign Investment in Electricity and Infrastructure? By These 5 Steps. (VDB Loi Insights)
July 2019 - Power Surge at MOEE
June 2019 - Myanmar About to Launch Power Barge Tender
May 2019 - VDB Loi Insights
April 2019 - VDB Loi Wins Law Firm of the Year
March 2019