Doing business in Vietnam

1.Definition of Spam in Vietnam In Vietnam as well as many other countries in the world, the activity of sending spam is illegal and it is prohibited. Regarding to this matter, Vietnam Government promulgated the Decree No. 90/2008/ND-CP dated August 13, 2008 on anti-spamming (herein after referred to as “Decree...

From 1st July 2015, the new Enterprise Law and Investment Law shall become effective. Under the current law, for setting up a foreign invested company, you shall need only Investment Certificate cum Certificate of Business Registration. However, from 1st July 2015, two above said Certificate shall be separated. Particularly, after obtainment of...

Question: We are a HongKong incorporated company with 51 years in business. We would like to establish a Rep Office in Vietnam and at the same time we would like to know the pro's and con's between Rep Office and 100% fully owned company in Vietnam.

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...

Foreign investor: Dear Sirs I am writing on behalf of a Hongkong registered company. I understand from your webpage that you specialise in services for establishing and closing representative office in Vietnam. We have 2 Representative offices in Vietnam (Hanoi and Hochiminh City) and we intend to close one of them (Hanoi...

Question: We are the FDI in Vietnam, we would like that SBLAW may support the Company with the supplement of Company’s business lines of import and wholesale and retail of new and used cars (hereinafter is referred to as “Business Lines”). Answer: SBLAW would like to advise as follows: I. OUR...

Client: Our Company intend to set up an office in Vietnam, may be you are able to advise us on this. We are american Trading Company and has presence in USA (HQ), Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and China. We would like to know the minimum paid up capital for setting up a...

SBLaw was requested to assist foreign company (Hereinafter referred to as “Client”) to provide legal advice on company acquisition in Vietnam. 1. Our proposd scope of works We anticipate that our work will comprise of the following work streams. These are the key work streams required in any M&A cases. Depending on...

Being well aware of that Merge and Acquisition (M&A) transactions are expected to configure an investment trend in Vietnam, SBLAWs’ lawyers and experts have worked out an unique set of solutions and research including legal frameworks, roadmaps that directly address M&A issues in order to minimize potential risks.