Doing business in Vietnam

When doing business in Vietnam, investors can choose the following options to invest in Vietnam:

Foreign investor: I'm writing on a question of registering representative office of international company in Vietnam. We have international consulting company, registered on USA which is operating a year and we want to register representative office of it in Hanoi city. Can you please consult me on the following...

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

Investor is a French company and want to establish a foreign invested company (Hereinafter referred to as “FIC”) for providing market research in Vietnam, SBLaw would like to provide some information as follows:

Question: Is the Representative Office (RO) a kind of legal entity ? What is main function of the Representative Office (RO)? Could you please also let us know the fees and requirements to set up the RO?

In case the foreign investor would like to set up a foreign invested company providing Shipping Agency / Freight Forwarding Services in Vietnam, they should consider the legal aspect as follow[...]

This is reference to our conservation , from which, we understand that you would like us to advise on establishment of 100% Foreign Invested Company in (hereinafter referred to as “FIC’) in Hanoi, Vietnam. We further understand that upon establishment, the FIC shall act as holding company to assist subsidiary...

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...

According to paragraph 5 of Article 84 of the Law on Enterprises "Within three years from the date of the certificate of business registration, a founding shareholder has the right to freely transfer its common shares to shareholders other up, but they can transfers.[...]

Question: My company would like to set up a foreign invested company for operating international mixed education institution in Vietnam. Please quote. Answer: This is reference to our conservation from which we were requested to advice on setting up a foreign invested company (hereinafter referred to as “FIC”) for operating international...