Companies should apply international financial reporting standards (IFRS) to improve transparency and increase the chances to expand globally, experts have said.
More than half of companies in Viet Nam have been adopting international financial reporting standards to meet investors’ expectations and improve their corporate governance
The Ministry of Finance on Monday issued a decision regulating the roadmap for the application of International Financial Reporting Standards, replacing the current Vietnamese accounting standards.
IFRS implementation will be compulsory for the consolidated financial statements of all State-owned enterprises, listed companies and large-scale unlisted public companies after 2025.
The adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) will be compulsory for State-owned enterprises, listed companies and big unlisted public companies after 2025.
The adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) would help Viet Nam a more transparent business environment to attract foreign direct investment.
Viet Nam is expected to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) instead of the current Vietnamese accounting standards (VAS) by 2025 in its efforts to enhance comparability and improve transparency.
Firms listed on Viet Nam''s two stock exchanges in HCM City and Ha Noi
will be the first to be required to adopt international financial
reporting standards in 2020, a finance ministry official has said.