Doing business in Vietnam

SBLaw would like to provide some information for setting up a representative office of foreign company in Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as “Company”) as follows:

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.

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 [...]

Investor: Hello SB Law team, I represent a Hong Kong-based charitable organization. We would like to understand our options for setting up a legal entity in Vietnam, based in Ho Chi Minh City. Can your team provide advice on our options and then establish and administer a Vietnamese company for us? I would...

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...

Supplementation of business activities and investment objective is considered as expansion of investment project. According to our practical experience, in case the Foreign Owned Company would like to expand scope of business activities, particularly, the approval shall very much depend on following factors: Audited Income Statement of the Client in...

Logistic services under Vietnamese law, are the commercial activities whereby traders/enterprises organize the performance of one or many jobs including reception, transportation, warehousing, yard storage of cargos[...]

Question: Please advise whether it is possible to allow greater flexibility in the business activities of the company in Vietnam (NewCo) to include businesses such as interiors and special projects, construction project management and sourcing services. Please let us know your estimated fee quotation for the company formation. Upon receipt of your reply, we shall...

Question: We are Singapore logistic company, we have a question as follow: Can foreign investor set up a 100% owned foreign logistic company (road transportation service)? Answer: It is noted that Vietnam Law officially remove foreign ownership limitation in the logistic services sector. However, this change is only applicable to several...

In case a Foreign Invested Company (“FIC”) would like to change of its owner and Legal Representative (“FIC”) with Vietnam Competent Authorities, We, therefore, are grateful to present our legal service proposal for client’s review and consideration.