Tran Thi Phuong Thao
Partner
Tran Thi Phuong Thao is a Partner at Allen & Gledhill (Vietnam). Her areas of expertise include corporate and commercial, mergers and acquisitions and corporate real estate.
With over 17 years of legal experience in both external and in-house counsel roles, Thao has extensive experience advising companies over a wide range of industries including real estate, licensing and various other contentious and non-contentious matters. She has also advised on a number of deals including high profile M&A transactions and real estate investments, frequently involving novel issues of Vietnamese law.
Thao graduated from Ho Chi Minh City University of Law in 2006 and was called to the Ho Chi Minh Bar in 2009.
Publications
- Key highlights of Vietnam’s new Electricity Law
- Vietnam’s new Data Law to come into effect 1 July 2025
- Vietnam introduces additional requirements relating to provision of information and internet services
- Foreign investment in Vietnam’s education sector: Key insights from Decree 124/2024/ND-CP
- Vietnam issues new decree on self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power
- Vietnam Quarterly Bulletin Q3 2024
- Vietnam provides detailed guidance on implementation of new Land Law
- Vietnam sets out framework for direct power purchase agreements
- New regulations on cashless payments in Vietnam in effect
- Vietnam Quarterly Bulletin Q2 2024
- Vietnam seeks to promote development of industrial clusters via new Decree
- Vietnam Quarterly Bulletin Q1 2024
- Vietnam issues implementation plan for National Power Development Plan VIII
- Start-ups and other specified enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City exempt from corporate and personal income tax
- Vietnam revised Land Law in effect from 1 January 2025
- Amended Law on Credit Institutions to bring significant change to Vietnam banking sector from 1 July 2024
- Vietnam’s Telecoms Law overhauled to align with digital economy
- Vietnam clarifies rules on foreign ownership and raising capital in new Law on Residential Housing
- Key changes to real estate business in Vietnam from 1 January 2025
- 2023 in Review: Vietnam
- Vietnam Quarterly Bulletin Q4 2023
- Vietnam amends time frames in continuing process to improve stock market transparency
- Vietnam to impose global minimum corporate tax of 15% from 1 January 2024
- Vietnam Quarterly Bulletin Q3 2023
- Vietnam amends conditions for recruitment of foreigners
- Singapore and Vietnam announce intention to deepen cooperation in emerging areas including renewable energy
- Transactions of VND400 million or more to be reported to State Bank of Vietnam from 1 December 2023
- MTI consults on ASEAN-China Free Trade Area 3.0 upgrade negotiations
- Revised Vietnam Law on Electronic Transactions to come into effect 1 July 2024
- Vietnam reduces VAT rate to 8% from 1 July 2023
- Vietnam Quarterly Bulletin Q2 2023
- Allen & Gledhill (Vietnam) shortlisted in The Legal 500 Southeast Asia Awards 2023 and Asian Legal Business SE Asia Law Awards 2023
- Vietnam issues decree amending and supplementing certain land regulations with effect from 20 May 2023
- Renewable energy in Vietnam given significant boost with approval of National Power Development Plan VIII
- Vietnam Personal Data Protection Decree in effect from 1 July 2023
- Vietnam Quarterly Bulletin Q1 2023
- Vietnam amends, supplements, and suspends implementation of key provisions on private offering and trading of corporate bonds
- New bank guarantee provisions in Vietnam from 1 April 2023
- Vietnam issues draft circular on determining origin of imported and exported goods
- Vietnam increases average electricity retail price
- Effect of Circular 01 on renewable energy regulations in Vietnam
- Vietnam Law on Anti-Money Laundering 2022 in effect 1 March 2023
- Singapore and Vietnam enhance digital, economic, and maritime cooperation with new MOUs
- Vietnam sets ceiling prices for generation of solar and wind energy
- 2022 in Review: Vietnam
- Vietnam Quarterly Bulletin (Q4 October - December 2022)
- Vietnam issues new regulation on private corporate bond issuance
- Vietnam Quarterly Bulletin (Q3 July - September 2022)
- Data localisation requirement for specific data and entities in Vietnam effective 1 October 2022
- Vietnam Quarterly Bulletin (Q2 April - June 2022)
- Vietnam proposes amendments to cross-border loans without government guarantee
- Vietnam clarifies law relating to real estate business
- Vietnam Quarterly Bulletin (Q1 January - March 2022)
- Singapore and Vietnam sign Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen economic and trade cooperation
- Vietnam simplifies procedures for enterprises in online gaming sector
- 2021 in Review: Vietnam
- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement in force from 1 January 2022: Businesses benefit from measures facilitating trade and investment
- Vietnam Quarterly Bulletin (Q4 October - December 2021)
- Vietnam issues decision on special investment incentives
- COP26: Vietnam targets net zero carbon emissions by 2050
- Vietnam Quarterly Bulletin (Q3 July - September 2021)
- Foreign traders and entities to comply with new e-commerce rules from 1 January 2022
- Resolution 105 eases restrictions relating to issuance of work permits for foreigners
- Vietnam amends obligations of offshore entities in relation to cross-border advertising activities
- Vietnam Quarterly Bulletin (Q2 April - June 2021)
- Vietnam issues new guidance on foreign investment
- Vietnam issues new criteria for determining high-tech enterprises
- Guidance on Vietnam’s Law on Public Private Partnership in force from 29 March 2021
- Vietnam issues new guidance on implementation of Law on Land and Law on Residential Housing
- Vietnam issues policies and incentives in support of science and technology enterprises
- Vietnam issues guidance on implementation of Law on Securities 2019
- Vietnam’s new Law on Environmental Protection partially in force from 1 February 2021
- Vietnam issues new decree on corporate bonds
- New decree on foreigners working in Vietnam and recruitment and management of Vietnamese citizens in force 15 February 2021
- Vietnam’s new Law on Securities to come into force 1 January 2021
- Vietnam removes requirement for urban development investors to obtain acceptance decision under Decree 11
- Vietnam’s new Labour Code to come into force 1 January 2021