Exemption from national occupational skills assessment for winners at a national vocational skills competition

Branch in Vietnam for BVI company

Question: We are Bristish Virgin Islands (BVI) company and would like to register a branch in Vietnam. Please advise if it possible to register a Branch in Vietnam? Do you provide registered office address or he needs to rent one? What documents will you require for the company and director. Your fees for...

Foreigner want to setting up own business in Vietnam

Question:  I am Thai aged 45 with Thai passport, ID card, police clearance certificate, university degree, Letter of former employment and skills certificate.............etc.   At present I would like to running a small farm in Hochiminh city for ebidle fungi growing.   By the way can I own the pirvate business, rent the...

Nominee company in Vietnam

Foreign investor: Can foreign investor set up company nominee? Lawyer: It is possible for setting up such company under the name of a Vietnamese Partner. However, please note that you should carefully study potential risk of this form as Vietnam Law does not recognize nominee structure. In the worst case, foreign investor...

Regulations on submission of Certificate of Origin under UKVFTA

On June 11th, 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Circular 02/2021/TT-BCT on the Rules of Origin of goods in the UKVFTA Agreement. Accordingly, in order to receive tariff preferences under UKVFTA, certificate of origin must be submitted to the Vietnamese customs authority within 2 years from the time...
Multi Model Transportation Service in Vietnam

Multi Model Transportation Service in Vietnam

Vietnam Government classifies Multi Model Transportation Service into two forms: - Internal Multi Model Transportation Service - International Multi Model Transportation Service Under the Decree No. 87/2009/ND-CP of the Government, for providing International or Internal Multi Model Transportation Service, the Enterprise must satisfy following conditions: - Having assets or capital equal to 80,000SDR. It also...

Amendment of Investment Registration Certificate supplementing business line of non-life insurance

Question: We are FDI company in Vietnam and would like to amend Investment Registration Certificate (“IRC”) and Enterprise Registration Certificate (“ERC’’) in order to reflect supplementing business line of non-life insurance, please advise? Answer: We refer with thanks to your call from which we were requested to assist you regarding amendment of...

Establishment of a real estate company with 100% foreign invested capital

Question: We are Hongkong investor and would like to establish a real estate company with 100% foreign invested capital in Vietnam. Please advise this? Answer: This is reference to your email from which, we understand that you are now seeking legal advices for establishment of a real estate company with 100% foreign invested...
Set up tourist joint venture company in Vietnam

Set up tourist joint venture company in Vietnam

Question: What is the type of Tourism license a JV (Vietnamese company with foreign capital) can apply to: Domestic, Inbound, Outbound, all of these? Or is there any restrictions? I read somewhere that a JV can only organize domestic trips in Vietnam for foreigners who are inbound customers, but...
Mr. Tran Trung Kien

Company registration

Client: Dear sir, How are you, I want to open a trading company in Vietnam. Please suggest me how you can help me with this. Lawyer of SBLAW: This is reference to your conservation below. I am Lawyer of SB Law. I was entrusted to provide you legal advice regarding to...

Establishing a freight forwarding/logistics company in HCMC

Investor: Dear Sir, I am a UK national and I am evaluating the possibility of establishing a freight forwarding / logistics company in HCMC. This would be on a joint venture basis with a Vietnamese partner. Please advise approximate cost for registering such a company Lawyer: Thank you for your email...