Viet kieu is referred to a Vietnamese person permanently residing outside the Vietnamese territory regardless of whether he/she bears the Vietnamese citizenship, the citizenship of the host country, or dual citizenships.

Businesses owned by overseas Vietnamese play a leading role in the country’s socio-economic development and international integration, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem said on August 10 in Hanoi at a congress to establish the Business Association of Overseas Vietnamese.

The MoC has just submitted to the Government draft amendments to Decree No. 90/2006/ND-CP, with many new points on housing policies towards overseas Vietnamese.

The long-awaited Decrees guiding the implementation of the 2003 Law on Land have finally come out this month. In this article, the authors discuss some aspects of Decree No. 181/2004/ND-CP concerning land use rights granted to foreigners and overseas Vietnamese using land in Vietnam