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Cyprus is an island nation in the eastern Mediterranean, an EU member. Its capital is Nicosia, its official languages are Greek and Turkish, and its currency is the euro.
5 Nov 2026
Treaties with Portugal, Spain, Malta, Italy, Hungary and Latvia let Vietnam credit tax paid on a home there; Vietnam's decree ties the credit to a signed treaty.
Read →4 Nov 2026
Owners resident in Vietnam pay Spain 24% on a deemed 1.1% or 2% of cadastral value; Portugal and Greece tax the home itself, and Cyprus scrapped its national tax in 2017.
Read →3 Nov 2026
Greece charges 1% to 10% above EUR 150,000, Malta 5% and Spain from 7.65% under state rules that regional rules can replace; Vietnam's parent-to-child real estate exemption has no territorial limit in its text.
Read →23 Oct 2026
Among the 61 jurisdictions counted, the last dated closure was Spain's, on 3 April 2025. The past 12 months hold no closure, 5 restrictions, 3 to 5 openings or easings and 5 instruments that do both.
Read →18 Oct 2026
Across seven countries, Cyprus requires a permit for a buyer living in Vietnam, Malta does outside designated areas, Switzerland allows only a holiday home and Spain needs military consent in defence zones.
Read →13 Oct 2026
Cyprus says its permits are valid only in Cyprus. This means Vietnamese holders still need a Schengen visa for the rest of the zone until a unanimous EU Council decision.
Read →9 Oct 2026
Latvia asks €50,000 in a company plus €10,000 to the state, if the firm pays €40,000 a year in tax. Four more start at €250,000 for specific uses; Malta adds €99,000 in charges, Cyprus €50,000 a year in income.
Read →2 Oct 2026
Investors go through ordinary naturalisation, with at least eight years' residence, Greek at B1 and a civics test. The €300,000 permit is absent from those rules; investment citizenship ended in 2020.
Read →30 Sep 2026
Cyprus's deputy migration minister expects tighter rules and says funds could also go to education, defence and innovation, press reports say. The €300,000 route is unchanged; no Schengen decision date.
Read →27 Sep 2026
Cyprus closed its citizenship-by-investment programme in 2020; its published investor residence criteria require at least €300,000 of investment and a secured annual income.
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