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VDB Loi Celebrates Outstanding Asialaw Rankings
The annual asialaw Profiles and asialaw Leading Lawyers rankings provide law firm recommendations and analysis of key practice areas and industry sectors across various jurisdictions and identifies the leading...
IN THIS ISSUE
What Have We Learned from EPGE’s 1,060 MW Solar Tender?
[From our Energy and Infrastructure Team - Myanmar Office]
Proposals have been evaluated, preliminary winners have been selected. The focus on Myanmar’s largest ever competitive tender for renewable energy, launched in June 2020,...
Featuring Children in Commercial and Media Events – Some Cambodian Legal Aspects
[From our Cambodia Office]
As a developing country, child labor has been an important concern in Cambodia for decades. The increased power of social media has shone a...
How To Get a Bank License in Cambodia?
[From our Cambodia Office]
Introduction The banking system in Cambodia includes commercial banks, specialized banks, microfinance institutions (“MFIs”), rural credit institutions, financial leasing companies, third-party processors, credit bureaus, representative offices, payment service providers, and money changers. Of these entities,...
Myanmar Trademark Alert: Online Filing From 1st Oct 2020
[From our Regulatory Team - Myanmar Office]
As a follow up to our email earlier this year about the soft-opening period for the reregistration of trademarks, please note that the Ministry...
Preparing the FY2019-2020 Year-End Tax Position for Myanmar
[From our Taxation Team - Myanmar Office]
With limited time left to settle outstanding tax payments for FY2019-2020 in order to avoid being exposed to penalties, taxpayers need to make sure...
RECENT VDB LOI WORK
VDB Loi is the go-to firm on power projects: The Energy team is advising more than half of the winning bidders of the 29 sites awarded to the private sector in Myanmar’s 2020 solar tender, totaling more than 1GW of power to be added to the national grid by early 2021.
Media acquisition: VDB Loi’s TMT team is advising and assisting with the transaction documentation for the acquisition of shares in a local media company.
International financiers choose VDB Loi’s expertise: Our Banking and Finance team assisted a European DFI on its financing of one of Myanmar’s leading microfinance institutions.
Growing IP work: VDB Loi is providing a regional player operating a number of international schools with trademark registration services.
Clients value VDB Loi’s knowledge of the regulatory environment: The Regulatory team is assisting a major regional power company with restructuring its investment schedule and obtaining the necessary approvals.
VDB LOI NEWS
VDB Loi Provides Pandemic Ready Cloud Based HR Solution System to Financial Sector Giants
Our Human Capital Management team is assisting two of the biggest banks and financial organizations in Myanmar with HR digitization during the current situation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. As one...
Archive
- What to Know About the Legal and Tax Implications of Official Development Assistance Projects in Cambodia
March 2024 - Frequently Asked Questions on Corporate Registration in Cambodia
February 2024 - Update on Tax Challenges for Foreign Airlines in Cambodia
January 2024 - Prime Minister Lines Up Wide Range of Tax Incentives (VDB Loi Insights)
November 2023 - Our Yangon Office: New Address (VDB Loi Insights)
October 2023 - VDB Loi Awarded Best for Tax Cambodia, Law in Laos (VDB Loi Insights)
September 2023 - Cambodian Government Increases Subsidies for Pregnant Women and Young Children (VDB Loi Insights)
August 2023 - Vietnam New Regulation from State Bank of Vietnam on Foreign Loans (VDB Loi Insights)
July 2023 - Automated System to Apply for E-Commerce Licenses/Permits Available (VDB Loi Insights)
June 2023 - New National Power Development Plan in Vietnam (VDB Loi Insights)
May 2023 - Myanmar: Major Changes in the Union Tax Law 2023 (VDB Loi Insights)
April 2023 - Clean Energy Transition is Additional Drive for Regional Power Trades in South and South East Asia (VDB Loi Insights)
March 2023 - Maximizing Benefits from Investment Incentives (VDB Loi Insights)
February 2023 - Is Land Acquisition the Real Reason Behind the Unbearable Delay of Solar Projects? (VDB Loi Insights)
January 2023 - VDB Loi Hosts Major Seminar on Renewable Energy in Cambodia (VDB Loi Insights)
November 2022 - New Opportunities for Renewable Energy and Grid Reinforcement in Cambodia (VDB Loi Insights)
October 2022 - Foreign Construction Contractor in Vietnam: Local Compliance Framework (VDB Loi Insights)
September 2022 - Setting Up Or Acquiring Manufacturing Business In Vietnam
August 2022 - Pathway to an Independent Power Project in Vietnam
July 2022 - Foreign loans for Vietnamese borrowers – Q&A
June 2022 - Green Finance in Southeast Asia
May 2022 - How Does Bangladesh’s Blockchain Strategy Look Like?
April 2022 - VDB Loi Cambodia Wins IFLR Asia-Pacific National Law Firm of the Year Award
March 2022 - Will Income From Cryptocurrency Be Taxed In Vietnam? (VDB Loi Insights)
February 2022 - The New Laws on Investment and Public-private Partnership: Setting the Foundation for Advanced Private Investment Landscape in Cambodia
January 2022 - Bangladesh Project Finance Update: Some New Developments and Practices on the Local Aspects of Cross-border Financing in Bangladesh
November 2021 - Update on Investment Licensing in Bangladesh: New BIDA Practices
October 2021 - Intra Group Services – Are Cambodian Taxpayers Waving a Red Flag to the GDT? Part One
September 2021 - 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