Project owners
Infrastructure, energy, logistics, industrial and real-asset sponsors.
Project owner gateway →About Corriford
Making Vietnamese projects investable, and Vietnam legible to international capital.
Corriford is an independent research and project-preparation firm. We work for project owners preparing their projects for investors and for investors assessing Vietnam, on one standard: sourced evidence, stated limits and a named reviewer.
Profile
What we do, and for whom
We prepare projects to the standards international lenders and investors apply, and give investors evidence they can underwrite. Our work supports the pipeline the Vietnam International Financial Centre is building.
Investors
Funds, banks, development finance institutions and corporates.
Investor gateway →Public sector
Public project teams, state-owned enterprises and PPP sponsors.
Public finance →
Leadership
Dr. Richard Khiem Tran
Chief Executive Officer. Doctorate in finance; focus on public and infrastructure finance, capital structures, credit analysis and banking risk management.
Full profile →Status transparency
What we do not claim
Institutions verify. We state each claim only with the evidence that would support it.
| Topic | Public status | Evidence before any claim |
|---|---|---|
| ISO 27001 / SOC 2 | Not certified | Certificate or independent report, with scope and date |
| Institutional clients | None named | Signed contract and written permission to name |
| Investor or project database | None claimed | Source used under licence, dated and rights-cleared |
| Offices and licences | Only documented items | Registration certificate, lease or regulator letter |
| AI-assisted analysis | Drafts under human review | Test report and review log |
Public claims register
Corriford Atlas: claims and their basis
Each public statement about Corriford Atlas is listed with the internal evidence that supports it. Institutions conducting due diligence may request the evidence under a confidentiality agreement.
| Claim | Basis |
|---|---|
| Corriford Atlas starts with the US–Vietnam corridor, in pilot. Other corridors are a direction, not a current service. | USVN pilot plan and dated run logs. Planned corridors accept no matches until their status is changed on this page. |
| We scan official sources: trade statistics, investment filings, public tenders and project finance. | Source register naming each public source and its corridor (USITC DataWeb, UN Comtrade, SEC EDGAR, DFC, USTDA for the USVN pilot; MOFCOM, DART, EDINET for planned corridors), with dated scan logs. |
| Each signal is graded on four evidence levels: statement, commitment, registered filing, disbursement or groundbreaking. | Grading rules in the Corriford Atlas operating procedure; evidence level, source link and check date stored for each signal. |
| Verification means a record was checked at a point in time; it is not a transaction warranty or a credit rating. | Verification procedure recording what was checked, against which source, and on which date. |
| Match alerts are sent to both sides with the reasons and the sources. | Alert template and alert log per match. |
| Names and contacts are shared only when both sides agree; confidential information is shared under a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). | Signed NDA from both parties on file before names and contacts are shared. |
| corriford.com collects no personal data for Corriford Atlas; Atlas has its own website. | Decision of the CEO dated 8 November 2026; no Atlas form or form handler on corriford.com; Privacy Policy section “Corriford Atlas”. |
| Corriford acts as an introducer and does not hold or manage client money. | No client-money accounts; engagement terms state that money moves only between the parties. |
| Six businesses: two operating today, four subject to licence. | Governance page, “Regulatory status”. |
| The white gaps between the blades are information barriers that keep each business independent. | Shown by decision of the CEO. Written information-barrier policy: being finalised (Governance page, “Information barriers”). This claim has no completed written basis until the policy is adopted. |
Last updated: November 2026. Corriford AtlasComing soon
Standards
Nine standards we hold ourselves to
| Standard | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Data integrity | Source, date, usage rights, version and verification status recorded for every figure. | Applied in deliverables |
| Institutional reporting | Consistent structure, cited sources, stated method and limits, named reviewer. | Applied in deliverables |
| Model reconciliation | Excel models carry a checks sheet reconciled to the calculation engine. | Applied in deliverables |
| Conflicts of interest | Conflict check before every engagement; no acting for both sides. | Policy stated |
| Data protection | Processing under Law 91/2025/QH15; NDA before documents; no uploads via public forms. | Policy stated |
| Client due diligence | Identify client, beneficial owners and project origin before engagement. | Policy stated |
| Regulatory licensing | Investment advisory and capital introduction only after approval. | In progress |
| Information security | MFA, encryption, access audit, recovery tests; ISO 27001 and SOC 2 to be evaluated. Not certified today. | Roadmap |
| AI governance | AI used only for drafting under human review; NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001 as reference frameworks. | Roadmap |
Platform
Five systems in development
Trust Centre
Security and privacy policies, data controls and incident process.
Institutional data room
Per-organisation workspace, multi-factor access and per-document rights.
AI-assisted due diligence
Extraction, cross-checking and page citations, approved by an expert.
Project workspace
Financial model, debt and DSCR analysis, scenarios and Excel export.
Open →Research terminal
Data used under licence, source tracking, update alerts and report export.
Roadmap
Targets, not commitments
| Horizon | Main work | Evidence of completion |
|---|---|---|
| 0–3 months | First paid engagements; licensing application; published policies | Signed contracts, acceptance notes, submitted application |
| 3–6 months | Institutional data room; independent security test | Penetration-test report; restore test |
| 6–18 months | Evaluate ISO 27001 and SOC 2; expand specialist network | Independent assessment; signed specialist agreements |
| 18–36 months | Services requiring a licence, if approved; selected international contracts | Licence, recurring revenue, client retention |
Vendor due diligence
What a bank or fund reviews before engaging us
Entity & contracts
Registration records, scope, terms, liability and conflict management.
Security & privacy
Policies, data-processing terms and AI-vendor risk assessment.
Continuity
Backup, recovery and incident response.
Research quality
Method, sources, error control, citations and expert sign-off.
Methodology →Strategy
Building a trusted institution in stages
Research and project preparation
Prove quality and willingness to pay with fixed-fee engagements.
Advisory and capital introduction
Added one line at a time, each with team, mandate and legal basis in place.
Verified opportunities and investment
Only through permitted structures, with separate risk governance and conflict controls.