Doing business in Vietnam

Under Vietnam Law, foreign enterprise can setup a branch office for conducting business activities in Vietnam. However, in practice, possibility for setting up a branch office of a foreign trading company in Vietnam is very low. Generally, upon submission of application dossier for setting up branch office in Vietnam, the competent...

Question: I wonder if you could give me some information (or pass me on to someone that can) about running an online live casino from Vietnam.     I understand that Vietnamese citizens cannot gamble by law but this website will not be accessible by people in Vietnam and will not be...

SB Law would like to share information foreign investor should be aware of when running a company in Vietnam, under Q&A as follows:   1/ What would be the best legal entity?   Among the most common and available investment vehicles to foreign investors including "company limited", "joint-stock company (shareholding company)", "business-cooperation contract",...

This is reference to your email from which, we understand that foreign company (hereinafter referred to as “Client”) is now seeking legal advices for establishment of a Foreign Invested Company (hereinafter referred to as “FIC”) for software production in Vietnam. We thereforeare grateful to present you our Legal Services...

Question: I have some questions relating to our representative office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 1.       How much the cost to close the representative office ? 2.       Can we leave Rep Office dormant…if so, at what cost...? 3.       Can we re-open the entity at our discretion as some point in the future….if so at...

Having known that foreign investor (hereinafter referred to as “The Client”) is planning to develop the project of distributing cosmetic products and wishes to engage a Vietnamese law firm to perform all relevant procedures for setting up 100% foreign owned company with business function of distributing such cosmetic products,

SBLAW would like to mention about the difference between Branch and R.O in Vietnam as follows:

On 15 January 2018, the Government promulgated Decree No. 09/2018/ND-CP detailing Law on Commerce and Law on Foreign Trade Management on activity of sale and purchase of goods and activities directly related to the sale and purchase of goods of foreign investors, economic organizations with foreign owned capital in...

Question: We wish to have your advice if there is any State regulation or applicable laws to state the minimum age of an individual for acceptance as guest.  This is assuming that the guest is alone so what is the minimum age we can accept the booking by law. ...

SBLAW understands that you intend to setup a representative office in Hochiminh City, Vietnam. We therefore would like to send herewith our legal service proposal for your kind reference.