Doing business in Vietnam

Client: Our company is IT company.Our client wants to establish company in Vietnam. Please tell me the details on establishment of a company in Vietnam. For example how long time establishment of a company and how much promotion expense etc... I hope we will do good business together Lawyer:We noted your email below....

It takes around two weeks to form a new company of your own proposed name by first conducting a name search or taking 3-4 days if you choose one of the shelf companies from the HK shelf list.

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...

Representative Office (R.O) needs to submit in writing the annual report to Department of Industry and Trade by January 30th, 2015.  (Article 19, Decree no. 72/2006/ND-CP detailing the Trade Law's regulation on Rep.Office, Branch of foreign businesses in Vietnam provided that, prior to the final working day of January, R.O has to report...

Investor: We have been working together to open a JSC in 2012. We would like now to close the company. Could you please give us an estimation of your fees to cover all administrative procedures with authorities? Could you also please let us know a possible timeline.   Lawyer of SBLAW: Under the...

I have some questions relating to our representative office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Question: How much the cost to close the representative office? Answen: Our professional fee for closing a representative office is 1,200USD. The fee does not cover services for finalization of tax obligation of the representative office...

We refer with thanks to the conservation from which we were requested to provide legal advices regarding to amendment of certificate of operation of a branch office of a foreign invested company in Hanoi to reflect change of address (hereinafter referred to as “Client”). We, therefore, are grateful to...

Question: We were asked to provide a company (the “Client”, i.e., the Issuer) in preparation for IPO in Hongkong with a consolidated fee quote for acting as the Issuer’s counsel. Because the Client’s primary operating subsidiary is in Vietnam (the “Vietnam Subsidiary”), we will have to work with a Vietnam law...

Q: What docs should be presented to apply the license of R.O  ?   A: Please see the attached file for your information of our required documents. We also would like to note that legalized copy of document is only valid within 03 months from the date of legalization. Thus, scanned...

Client: We will like to set up a 100% owned branch office in Vietnam to conduct our business locally. Is this possible? What is the requirement of local directors, restriction on trade activities of foreign owned branch offices and the tax payable? Lawyer: This is reference to your email below. I...