Doing business in Vietnam

SBLaw would like to provide some information for setting up a representative office of foreign company in Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as “Company”) as follows:

It is our understanding that your Company is in need of consulting and supporting for procedures of branch establishment in Hanoi for business and initial tax declaration for branch, SBLaw has sufficient capacity to provide to your Company the consulting services and support as above. [...]

In order to form a company in Vietnam (NewCo), the foreign investor have to prepare the following documents[...]

Question: Please advise whether it is possible to allow greater flexibility in the business activities of the company in Vietnam (NewCo) to include businesses such as interiors and special projects, construction project management and sourcing services. Please let us know your estimated fee quotation for the company formation. Upon receipt of your reply, we shall...

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[...]

Question: Our company would like to close the foreign representative office in Vietnam. Please quote. Answer: We understand that your company in abroad (hereinafter referred to as “Client”) is now considering closing its Representative Office in Hanoi, Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as “RO”). We therefore would like to send herewith our...

In order to do business in Vietnam, the foreign investor has to obtain the Investment Certificate to set up a company in Vietnam[...]

Under Vietnam Law, foreign investor can run its foreign investment project by either of establishment of foreign invested company or signing Business Co-Operation Contract with local partner or buying in an existing company.

Question: My company want to enlarge the import ranges. Please quote. Answer: - In this case, in order to supplement goods to be imported and distributed, you shall have to obtain Business License from Hanoi People Committee. Generally, in order to obtain this, it shall take you about 45 working days...

With regard to the business line of architecture, according to the commitment of Vietnam to WTO, foreign investor can set up a 100% foreign owned company with detail business lines stated in the CPC 8671