Doing business in Vietnam

Question: Dear Attorney. May I have a question as follows: May foreign investor(s) establish an investment fund in Vietnam? If yes, (i) what is the possible form of that foreign invested fund, and (ii) what is the procedure to establish this fund? Answer: SB Law appreciate your interest in our...

Question: I'm a foreigner living in Thailand and my partner is Vietnamese living in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. We are creating a company that provides web development via online e-commerce websites. Our plan is to establish a VN company as we will be hiring additional programmers later in Vietnam. What would...

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...

SBLAW has been recognized as one of the leading and highly recommended business law firms in Vietnam.

We refer with thanks to your email from which we were requested to advice on possibilities of setting up a wholly foreign invested company (hereinafter referred to as “FIC”) for web and software development, design in Hanoi, Vietnam.  Therefore, we are grateful to set our legal services proposal for...

Question:  We are a multi-national and multi-functional market entity with over 38 years history, and we are committed to basing on the Hongkong, serving the world of business. Now many of our clients are going to set up companies in Vietnam, therefore we would like to establish long-term cooperation with...

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.

On Jan 24, 2017, The Government has promulgated Decree 06/2017/NĐ – CP on betting business of horse race, dog race and international football. This Decree will take effect from March 31, 2017 and therefore the betting business of horse race, dog race and international football will officially legalized. Some...

Question: Currently,  we want to set up a company in Vietnam with 100% capital from Singapore.  As far as what I know, you are a service supplier in this field, please give me a guideline for the regulating conditions, the process in sequence, some notes and expected costs. I am looking...

SBLAW understands that Client would like to amend its Investment Certificate to include warehousing services based on un-used redundant leased space area, thus, we would like to advise as follows: