What a VIFC Membership Certificate Establishes, and What It Does Not
Decision 05 clarifies what a VIFC membership certificate establishes, which criteria are public and which licensing questions remain separate.
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Everything published here, in one place. The standing surfaces — the tracker, the member register, the source register — are updated in place; posts stay where they were written.
Vietnam’s Apostille Decree Took Effect on 11 September 2026: What It Replaces—and What It Does Not
Vietnam’s Apostille Decree took effect on 11 September 2026. It changes authentication routes, not translation, eligibility or acceptance.
Article 97: a non-resident foreign-exchange rule for IFC member enterprises
Article 97 sets a non-resident FX rule for IFC member enterprises. Articles 83–98 show the account route and its boundary.
How to become a VIFC member: what is published, and what still needs confirmation
Decision 05 publishes a VIFC filing path. The real work is choosing the route and evidence.
Sponsor-linked permanent residence under Decree 327: conditions and agency role
Decree 327’s permanent-residence route applies to specified IFC-linked categories with at least three years’ continuous work and the recommender categories Article 5.2 names. Article 6.2 gives the decision to the Minister of Public Security.
Eight decrees, three channels: reading the IFC in English
All eight IFC decrees have published English reading copies. This updated source map distinguishes Government authority, VIFC-DN files and commercial database translations; Decision 05 is a later Operating Regulation, not one of the eight decrees.
Superseded: VIFC membership certificates, legal entity and route
This 3 August 2026 post has been superseded by a primary-source-gated explainer on VIFC membership certificates, legal entities and applicable routes.
Da Nang’s IFC sandbox: authority is not approval
Vietnam’s IFC framework gives Da Nang’s Executive Agency sandbox authority. It does not by itself approve a product, make membership a licence, or prove that a city-level pilot operates under the IFC.