Doing business in Vietnam

Investor: Dear Sir, We are a private company in Korea. The company’s business is to help people who want to move and live in another countries so called emigration service.   Now they want to setup a company and do the same business in Vietnam.   1.     Is it possible by Foreigner and/or Foreign...

This is reference to our meeting from which we were requested to advice on possibilities of setting up a 100% foreign invested company providing foreign language training services and coffee shop in Hanoi, Vietnam.   We are grateful to set our legal services proposal for your review and consideration as follows:   1....

SBLAW would like to give you some information about setting up a wholly foreign invested company (hereinafter referred to as “FIC”) for management consulting services in Hanoi, 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:  Our company is a Vietnamese company, 100% invested by Singapore Mother Company. We are planning a closure of this company (liquidation) and would like to receive a legal opinion as well as performance fee and proposal for the service of company liquidation. Issues on legal opinion How to close the company...

Foreign Language Education Services is classified to CPC 929. Under Vietnam’s WTO Commitments, with the respect to CPC 929, foreign investor can either setup a wholly foreign invested company or a joint venture company to run its investment project[...]

Q:  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...

The establishment of the foreign invested company (hereinafter referred to as the “NewCo”) requires an Investment Certificate from the licensing authority[...]

Question: Dear sirs, warm greetings! I am helping my friends (individual fintech investors) to setup a legal entity in Vietnam. The business is about online microlending. Something similar to Cashwagon and Tima.vn. I couldn't find enough details about such type of activity in SBV's knowledge base or elsewhere. Do you have...

In case the foreign investor would like to set up a foreign invested company providing Shipping Agency / Freight Forwarding Services in Vietnam, they should consider the legal aspect as follow[...]