Running the books in Vietnam, explained in plain English
Written for founders and finance managers at foreign-owned companies — what the law actually requires, what your accountant is doing every month, and which parts a machine can take over.
Bookkeeping in Vietnam
Bookkeeping in Vietnam: what a foreign-owned company actually has to do
Statutory books in Vietnamese and VND, a chief accountant, monthly VAT filings, e-invoices, an annual audit. What Vietnamese law requires of a foreign-owned company, and what it costs to get wrong.
Read the guide →Outsourced accounting in Vietnam vs hiring in-house
When an outsourced accounting firm is the right call for a company in Vietnam, when an in-house accountant wins, and the questions to ask a provider before you sign.
Read →Can you run QuickBooks or Xero in Vietnam?
You can run QuickBooks or Xero in Vietnam for group reporting. What they cannot do is issue Vietnamese e-invoices, pull input invoices from the tax portal, or produce statutory forms. Here is the gap and what it costs.
Read →Vietnam's e-invoice system, explained for foreign-owned companies
How Vietnam's centralised e-invoice regime works: issuing through a licensed provider, retrieving supplier invoices from hoadondientu.gdt.gov.vn, and why input invoices are where the monthly hours go.
Read →Đọc tiếng Việt? Our Vietnamese blog goes deeper into day-to-day practice — filing forms, posting entries, closing the period. Xem bài viết tiếng Việt →