Doing business in Vietnam

Investor: I would like your advice on starting a joint venture (with a local partner) LLC in VN that imports foreign health products for local distribution and also export to other ASEAN countries. I will be the major shareholder. Can you briefly walk me through the legal processes and weigh...

Logistic services under Vietnamese law, are the commercial activities whereby traders/enterprises organize the performance of one or many jobs including reception, transportation, warehousing, yard storage of cargos[...]

The establishment of Company (NewCo) requires an Investment Certificate from the licensing authority[...]

Question: We are FDI company and have headquater in Hochiminh City and wish to set up its Branch in Hanoi City to implement the project of distribution of goods that are distributed by our company, please advise the legal procedure? Answer: We, SB Law Company Limited (hereinafter referred to as...

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...

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...

Question: One of my Korean client want to establish branch in Bac Ninh or other City Vietnam. This company has local company in HCMC but Parent company want to establish another branch in Bac Ninh area or other possible area in Vietnam. The purpose of this branch is such as agency for...

Investor: Dear SB Law company, I write this email to ask for some information, related to one of my customer. My customer is the steel trading company, from England. And now, they want to set up a representative office/ company in Vietnam.   On behalf of our customer, we would like to ask...

SBLAW would like to provide some information about specific queries on establishment of 100% foreign invested company doing business scope in goods importing and trading activities as follows:

M&A is a mechanism used by companies in order to expand its range, share market or to capture markets. Nonetheless, when M&A conducted, parties must be aware of legal status of companies that they wish to purchase and necessary procedure as well.