Doing business in Vietnam

Investor: We are currently looking into changing our structure from a rep office to a wholly foreign owned  Vietnamese company. Can you run me through step by step what needs to happen if we decide to proceed. I thought you would be the right person to know. Lawyer of SBLAW:Thank...

Representative Office is an option for Foreign Investor who wishes to conduct market research, trade promotion etc in Vietnam. Depending on business sector of the parent companies abroad, conditions and procedure for setting up representative office in Vietnam may be different. Up to now, Vietnam Law only stipulate conditions and procedures...

SB Law would like to provide our legal advice on establishment of MLM Company in Vietnam as follows:

SB Law would like to share information foreign investor should be aware of when running a company in Vietnam, under Q&A as follows:   1/ What would be the best legal entity?   Among the most common and available investment vehicles to foreign investors including "company limited", "joint-stock company (shareholding company)", "business-cooperation contract",...

We would like to provide legal advice on possibilities of setting up a foreign invested company providing product quality examination services in Hai Phong, Vietnam as follow.

Question:  Our company is a Vietnamese company, 100% invested by Singapore Mother Company. We are planning a closure of this company (liquidation) and would like to receive a legal opinion as well as performance fee and proposal for the service of company liquidation. Issues on legal opinion How to close the company...

Question: Would like to check whether you firm provide service on liquidation of enterprise for Vietnam company? If so, please let me know the scope of service and fee. Answen: We understand that your company (hereinafter referred to as “Client”) is now seeking legal advices for closing its subsidiary company...

Client: I intend set up a company in HCM, as a buying house handling export products out of Vietnam and trading local market, what are the requirments and easy way to set up, thanks Lawyer:This is reference to your message below. I am Corporate Lawyer of SB Law. I was...

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?

Question: We are a HongKong incorporated company with 51 years in business. We would like to establish a Rep Office in Vietnam and at the same time we would like to know the pro's and con's between Rep Office and 100% fully owned company in Vietnam.