Property tax in Vietnam
See what Vietnam's tax rules do to your property portfolio.
What Freeholt models for property, income and retirement in Vietnam, and what it does not.
Free to start. No card. Rules reviewed 2 July 2026.
Modelled here
- Tax on rental income
- Capital gains on a sale
- Duty on purchase
VND · Rates as at 2 July 2026 · Estimates, not advice
Rental income above VND 100m/yr pays a combined 10% of GROSS (5% VAT + 5% PIT). Sales pay a 2% final tax on the gross price. Foreigners buy 50 year renewable terms in approved projects, capped at 30% of a building.
How rental income is taxed in Vietnam
For a resident owner: A flat 10% on gross rent. For an owner living abroad and renting this out: A flat 10% on gross rent.
Interest and losses
A rental loss brings no relief: it cannot reduce other income, and it does not carry forward.
Capital gains on a sale
The sale is taxed at 2% of the SALE PRICE, not of the gain, so it is owed even on a sale at a loss.
Annual property tax while holding
An annual property or land tax is not modelled here, which is not the same as there being none. Treat holding costs on this page as excluding it.
What it costs to buy
About 0.5% of the price on purchase. Registration fee 0.5% (new builds add 10% VAT). Land is state owned. Foreign ownership is leasehold style Land Use Rights only.
Can a foreign buyer purchase here?
A foreign buyer cannot hold the freehold. Ownership is a lease, which is a wasting asset. Land is state owned. Foreigners buy apartments/houses in approved projects on 50 year renewable terms. Capped at 30% of units per building; foreigner to foreigner resale allowed since Aug 2024.
How Freeholt models Vietnam
Every rate above is priced from Freeholt's own table for Vietnam and runs through the whole projection: rental income, a modelled sale and the annual holding costs all use the same figures. They cannot be edited yet, so a position that differs from the defaults has to be read with that in mind. The estimate assumes an individual owner rather than a company or trust, and where a rule is not modelled it is listed below rather than quietly priced at zero.
What running this property costs
In Vietnam this covers building management fees, insurance, upkeep and ~8 to 10% management. The land use tax is negligible.
How borrowing works here
Local financing for foreigners is very limited; purchases are almost always cash into approved projects.
What actually happened here
This country's own record, one year at a time. Nothing on this page is borrowed from another country. Move across a chart to read a year.
What Freeholt models here
- ModelledTax on rental income
- Resident and non resident rates, with interest and losses treated under the local rule.
- ModelledCapital gains on a sale
- Priced in the year of the sale under the rules of that year.
- ModelledDuty on purchase
- One off, on the way in, at the scale in force.
- Not yetAnnual property or land tax
- Not priced here; the page says where the charge falls instead.
- Not yetIncome tax beyond the rent
- Not modelled for this country yet.
- Not yetDividends, interest and share sales
- Not modelled for this country yet.
- Not yetRetirement savings
- Not modelled for this country yet.
- Not yetInheritance and what happens on death
- Not modelled for this country yet.
What Freeholt does not model here
- Any annual property or land tax, which may still exist here
- Inheritance and estate tax
- Treaty relief between this country and the owner's country of residence
Coverage deepens country by country. Every figure is an estimate, not advice.
Compare with another country
Each page is built from the same table the app runs on, so the figures line up side by side.
Compare Vietnam with another country — rent, gains, annual tax and duty, side by side.
Questions people ask
- Does Freeholt model Vietnam property tax?
- Yes. Rental income tax, capital gains on a sale and duty on purchase are priced from Freeholt's own rate table for Vietnam. Annual property or land tax is not priced here, and the page says so rather than showing a zero. The rates are not editable yet, so one that differs in a particular case cannot be overridden. Every figure is an estimate, not advice.
- How is rental income from Vietnam taxed if I live somewhere else?
- A flat 10% on gross rent. Tax may also be due in the country of residence, with credit for what was paid here. Estimates only, not advice.
- What are the Vietnam figures as at?
- The rate table for Vietnam was last reviewed on 2 July 2026. Freeholt date stamps every country rather than implying all of them were checked on the same day. Estimates only, not advice.
Model a property in Vietnam alongside everything else you own: see the year your portfolio starts paying you back.