Doing business in Vietnam

Question: I am a USA citizen and would like to open coffee shop in Vietnam, please advise legal procedure? Answen: This is Lawyer of SB Law. We know that you now intend to setup 100% foreign owned company in Hanoi for coffee shop, we therefore would like to send herewith...

SBLaw’s lawyers are currently consulting and assisting many large-scaled corporations, enterprises, organizations and investors in the bussiness regarding International Trade in Vietnam.

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

Client: We would like to conduct a company search at Vietnam as we have no knowledge of the ownership of the company. Therefore, we need your help to conduct a company search at Vietnam as we need to advise us accordingly on this. We need to know the current shareholders of the...

Question: I am foreign people and would like to open a Travel and Tours business (Inbound & Out Bound) in Vietnam soon. Please provide me all the requirements and procedure  for that and also the time taken in the process. Answer: This is reference to your email below. I am Lawyer of SB...

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...

When foreign investor would like to Acquire equity of a pure local company in Vietnam, SBLAW would like to advise as follwos:

Question: My company want to enlarge the import ranges. Please quote. Answer: - In this case, in order to supplement goods to be imported and distributed, you shall have to obtain Business License from Hanoi People Committee. Generally, in order to obtain this, it shall take you about 45 working days...

Question: Our company opened representative office in Vietnam, could SBLAW send us the quotation for these services of post-licensing procedure? Answen: Regarding your request, S&B Law hereby would like to charge 200USD (exclusive of 10% VAT) for covering the following tasks: 1) Declaration on Initial Personal Income Tax Procedure; 2) Registration of...

Question:  We are essentially looking to enter Vietnam to offer retail banking services. We haven't yet decided on the entry mode and are open to all possible options ranging from 100% foreign owned bank, joint-venture bank or a foreign bank branch. We are not really sure on pros and...