On 1 April 2022, Circular 02/2022/TT-BKHDHT (guiding the supervision and assessment of foreign investments) came into force.
In this circular, the Ministry of Planning and Investment directs investment authorities to tightly monitor foreign-funded projects and investments of foreign-invested entities. This includes periodically inspecting, among others, the progress of capital contribution, progress of project implementation, and the financial position of foreign-invested enterprises.
In practice, this has seen a significant, increased scrutiny of the performance of investment projects by investors. For example, investment authorities have now taken to closely monitoring and expecting investors to comply with their periodic reporting obligations.