{"type":"data","nodes":[null,{"type":"data","data":[{"market":1},{"schema_version":2,"document_type":3,"last_updated":4,"language":5,"country_code":6,"country":7,"slug":8,"region":9,"status":10,"live_on_site":11,"confidence":12,"section_order":13,"seo":27,"hero":30,"summary":36,"scorecard":44,"quick_facts":74,"strategy_fit":95,"development_reality":111,"foreign_ownership":128,"priority_cities":132,"catalysts":169,"risks":173,"lifestyle_base":177,"cta":182,"source_registry":187,"tags":216,"priority_rank":73,"group_id":221,"group_label":9,"launch_recommended":222,"status_summary":223},"1.0.0","market-intelligence-country","2026-03-29","en-GB","VN","Vietnam","vietnam","Global frontier","active",true,"medium-high",[14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26],"hero","verdict","scoreboard","quick_facts","strategy_fit","development_reality","foreign_ownership","priority_cities","catalysts","risks","lifestyle_base","cta","sources",{"title":28,"description":29},"Vietnam Market Intelligence | Perfect Mission","Vietnam has macro strength, record tourism, and continuing FDI reform — but foreign ownership constraints mean it is not a direct analogue to Bulgaria or Panama for land-led development.",{"eyebrow":31,"title":32,"subtitle":33,"cta_primary":34,"cta_secondary":35},"Market Intelligence","Vietnam: macro strength, structured access","A serious growth market with real demand — but foreign property rights remain more conditional than the headline excitement suggests.","Request a verified market memo","Request a market briefing",{"one_line_verdict":37,"market_stage":38,"operator_angle":41,"investor_angle":42,"base_case":43},"Vietnam is a strong macro market but a weaker fit for a foreign operator whose edge depends on direct, flexible control of development land and project structure.",{"label":39,"description":40},"Growth / controlled access","Demand, tourism, and investment reform are strong, but foreign access to real estate is shaped by specific legal channels rather than broad open ownership.","Vietnam rewards local execution and structured compliance. It is not the best match for a simple foreign-led land-development playbook.","Investors like the macro and tourism story, but the real-estate vehicle must be explained clearly because rights are more conditional than in open-title markets.","Treat Vietnam as a strategic growth sleeve, preferably through compliant local structures or project-level participation rather than assuming Western-style property control.",[45,49,53,56,60,64,67,70],{"key":46,"label":47,"score":48},"rerating_potential","Rerating potential",8,{"key":50,"label":51,"score":52},"development_viability","Development viability",6.5,{"key":54,"label":55,"score":52},"baseability","Base quality",{"key":57,"label":58,"score":59},"foreign_capital_friendliness","Foreign-capital friendliness",6,{"key":61,"label":62,"score":63},"exit_liquidity","Exit liquidity",7.5,{"key":65,"label":66,"score":52},"tax_efficiency","Tax efficiency",{"key":68,"label":69,"score":48},"livability","Livability",{"key":71,"label":72,"score":73},"overall_fit","Overall fit for Perfect Mission",7,[75,79,83,87,91],{"label":76,"value":77,"source_ref":78},"Headline corporate tax","20%","vn_pwc_tax",{"label":80,"value":81,"source_ref":82},"Tourism signal","Nearly 21.2 million international visitors in 2025","vn_tourism",{"label":84,"value":85,"source_ref":86},"Foreign ownership signal","Foreigners can own houses/apartments in approved commercial projects but not the land itself","vn_legal500_re",{"label":88,"value":89,"source_ref":90},"Typical term / cap","Common foreign ownership framework uses 50-year renewable rights and project-level caps such as 30% of condominium units","vn_lexology",{"label":92,"value":93,"source_ref":94},"Investment-law signal","Vietnam’s new Law on Investment 2025 took effect from 1 March 2026","vn_loi2025",[96,100,104,108],{"strategy":97,"fit":98,"why":99},"Project-level participation with local structure","strong","Works better than trying to replicate open-title foreign development models.",{"strategy":101,"fit":102,"why":103},"Foreign direct land-led development","weak","Land-control assumptions are too different from Europe or Panama.",{"strategy":105,"fit":106,"why":107},"Hospitality / city-condo product in approved projects","medium","Possible, but legal caps and project eligibility matter.",{"strategy":109,"fit":98,"why":110},"Macro growth allocation","Vietnam is excellent as a macro-growth exposure if the structure is right.",{"headline":112,"copy":113,"permit_friction":12,"title_reliability":114,"utilities":115,"best_entries":116,"avoid_first":120,"process_notes":123,"source_refs":127},"Strong market, more constrained control","Vietnam is compelling because demand is real, cities are active, and reform continues. 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tropical and often hot.","Very strong in major cities.",{"headline":183,"body":184,"primary":185,"secondary":186},"Need the verified version?","Request a country memo or submit a specific site, listing, plot, or market thesis for verification.","Request this country brief","Submit a market thesis",[188,194,200,206,211],{"id":78,"title":189,"url":190,"publisher":191,"type":192,"why_it_matters":193,"retrieved":4},"Vietnam - Corporate - Taxes on corporate income","https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/vietnam/corporate/taxes-on-corporate-income","PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries","tax","Current headline corporate tax rate.",{"id":82,"title":195,"url":196,"publisher":197,"type":198,"why_it_matters":199,"retrieved":4},"Vietnam's tourism sets a new record, ranking among the world's fastest growing destinations","https://vietnamtourism.gov.vn/en/post/21493","Vietnam National Authority of Tourism","official","Official 2025 international visitor total.",{"id":94,"title":201,"url":202,"publisher":203,"type":204,"why_it_matters":205,"retrieved":4},"Legal Update: Vietnam’s New Law on Investment in 2025","https://www.gvw.com/en/news/blog/detail/legal-update-vietnams-new-law-on-investment-in-2025","GV Lawyers","legal","Current summary of the 2025 Law on Investment taking effect in 2026.",{"id":86,"title":207,"url":208,"publisher":209,"type":204,"why_it_matters":210,"retrieved":4},"Vietnam: Real Estate","https://www.legal500.com/guides/chapter/vietnam-real-estate/?export-pdf=","Legal 500","Useful summary of foreign property ownership treatment.",{"id":90,"title":212,"url":213,"publisher":214,"type":204,"why_it_matters":215,"retrieved":4},"What Foreigners Must Know Before They Buy an Apartment in Vietnam","https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=e8f1114d-031f-472c-bbe1-cadd16eabf8e","Lexology","Practical foreign-buyer constraints in approved commercial housing projects.",[217,218,219,220],"Asia","Growth","Tourism","Structured access","global-frontier",false,"Current market worth keeping live on site."],"uses":{"params":["slug"]}}]}