Banking and Finance

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...

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...

Client: I am a representative of the company based in UK. We would like to establish a CJSC in Vietnam with 2 shareholders: one is a person, second is Russian Bank. So my question is if the Bank owner must come to Vietnam in person or he can just...

In case that foreign investors want to bring the investment capital or benefit of the investment out of Vietnam, it is highly recommended that the cash flow should be sent from abroad to a Vietnam Company’s account.

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: Respectfully to attorney, I have a question. Is there any restriction for an investment fund to receive the investment from foreign investors and Vietnamese investors as per Vietnamese laws? Answer: SB Law appreciate your interest in our legal consultant services. Regarding your question, we would like to advise you...

SBLaw will support Client in drafting the Loan Contract which will be signed between a Vietnamese individual or the Company and a foreign individual with the object of this contract is foreign currency.

Question: Dear Lawyer, I am operating an investment fund in Vietnam. I am wondering which methods I could choose to call for investment in my fund? Thanks. Answer:  SB Law appreciate your interest in our legal consultant services. Regarding your question, we would like to advise you as follows: In accordance with...

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...

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...