Banking and Finance

Client: I'm managing an insurance brokerage LLC based in London. I'm advising expatriates with their international health insurance. My clients are expatriates based anywhere in the world and I am paid by commission directly from the insurance companies on my England business account so I don't have money flow outside...

Our skilled and experienced banking lawyers and consultants with professional ability to access banking and finance policies and practice in Vietnam are equipped with powerful research methodologies and innovative thinking to provide fruitful business results.

Generally, all foreign investors with established presences in Vietnam will need to open a bank account in order to conduct their business in Vietnam.

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...

SBLAW would like to update the new policy regarding to Payment Intermediary Service in Vietnam as follow: + Up to now, there are 25 enterprises granted License for providing Intermediate Payment Service. However, after conducting a comprehensive survey, SBV found that not many of them can totally rely on Intermediate Payment...

Decree No. 89/2016/ND-CP on requirements applicable to business entities acting as currency exchange agents or providing foreign currency receipt and payment services is issued by the Government on July 01, 2015. Accordingly,  a  business  entity  is  entitled  to  act  as  a currency exchange agent only after it is issued with...

Since its establishment, SBLaw has been an important partner in the banking industries, serving many banking and non-banking credit institutions in Vietnam. Our highly skilled and experienced [...]

Question: Hi lawyer, I would like to have a question. Is there any investment restriction applicable to the investment activities of foreign invested fund in Vietnam, including through the Vietnamese securities market? Answer: SB Law appreciate your interest in our legal consultant services. Regarding your question, we would like to...

Question: Dear Attorney. May I have a question as follows: May foreign investor(s) establish an investment fund in Vietnam? If yes, (i) what is the possible form of that foreign invested fund, and (ii) what is the procedure to establish this fund? Answer: SB Law appreciate your interest in our...

Question: Hi, I have a question: Can the investment fund remit the profit back to their foreign investors (subject to fulfilment of all tax obligations in Vietnam)? Answer: SB Law appreciate your interest in our legal consultant services. Regarding your question, we would like to advise you as follows: In terms...