Do expats need to pay income tax in Vietnam after living there long-term (183+ days)?
Based on 2 discussions with 2 participants · Last activity: 14 days ago
TL;DR
No clear consensus among expats: after 183+ days in Vietnam you typically lose tax residency in your home country and may formally owe taxes in Vietnam too, but no one in the chat could confirm details or recommend a tax consultant.
What the community said
An expat planning to stay in Vietnam for a year notes that after 6 months they lose tax residency in Russia and would logically owe taxes in Vietnam too — asked if long-term residents actually pay Vietnamese income tax in practice.
16 days ago
One chat member joked that sooner or later Vietnamese tax authorities will start contacting long-term foreign residents directly — implying that enforcement on foreigners' income tax is currently loose in practice.
24 days ago
An expat asked for contacts of a tax consultant familiar with the situation of foreigners living in Vietnam over 6 months — but no verified recommendations were shared in the chat.
31 days ago