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The United States is a federal republic in North America made up of 50 states and the District of Columbia. Its capital is Washington, D.C., its official language is English and its currency is the US dollar.
30 Oct 2026
Since July, Vietnam's police issue certificate No. 2, electronic if filed online; the US Mission takes only stamped paper. No Vietnamese time limit was found; four destinations set 3–24 months.
Read →30 Oct 2026
Delaware charges an LLC US$400 a year, Wyoming from US$60. One wholly owned by a foreign person also files Form 5472 in years it deals with its owner, tax or no tax, or faces a US$25,000 penalty.
Read →29 Oct 2026
Texas exempts US$140,000 of a homestead's value from school tax, Florida US$25,000 and New York offers STAR relief, only for a principal or permanent residence; California's 2% cap has no residence condition.
Read →29 Oct 2026
Passport travellers may not carry gold bars or raw gold in or out of Vietnam; jewellery may cross, declared from 300 g. Vietnamese permitted to settle abroad may take any gold, licensed from 1 kg in total.
Read →28 Oct 2026
Vietnam is not on the IRS list of treaties in effect, so Vietnam residents' US dividends bear 30% tax at source. Bank interest is exempt, as are share gains under 183 days in the US; Treasury interest can be.
Read →28 Oct 2026
A 2015 decree, on which the State Bank's circular still rests, limits an individual's portfolio investment abroad to employee share awards. No text found provides a route to one's own foreign broker account.
Read →25 Oct 2026
The United States taxes a green-card holder's worldwide income from the day residence starts. Japan and Korea tax foreigners there five years or less in ten on foreign-source income only if paid or sent there.
Read →24 Oct 2026
Citizens and people domiciled in the US have US$15 million. Japan, Korea and the UK also tax what an owner in Vietnam leaves there, at up to 55% and 50%, and at 40%. Australia abolished inheritance tax.
Read →22 Oct 2026
Canada's funding rules hold provincial waits to three months; Australia's guidance sets none after permanent residency. US Marketplace plans have no stated wait; means-tested Medicaid has a five-year bar.
Read →14 Oct 2026
Japan widened property reporting in April 2026, England and Northern Ireland levy a 2% non-resident SDLT surcharge, and US sales by foreign persons generally face 15% withholding.
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