Doing business in Vietnam

Client: We are a commodity trading company based in Singapore. We are planning to open up a subsidiary in Vietnam. We do agriculture commodities such as: cashew nuts, soybeans, corns, sesame, mungbeans, groundnuts. We plan to set up in Ho Chi Minh. Please inform the necessary requirements , services provided along with...

Question: To set up a foreign factory, what should I prepare? Answer:  Under Vietnam Law, for setting up a foreign owned factory, you shall be required to prepare an investment proposal for long term or medium term, in which you shall have to define location, productivity, investment capital, estimated turnover, profit...

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[...]

Under the Vietnam Enterprise Law, Road Transportation Services is classified to CPC 7123. Under Vietnam WTO commitment, for road transportation services, foreign investor is required to setup Joint Venture Company in which Foreign Ownership

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.

Question: Can you tell me briefly the process of increasing charter capital?  How long will it take? Thanks. Answen: The process of increasing charter capital is different from types of company, please provide more details so I can give an accurate consultation: 1) Type of company: Limited Liability company or Joint...

Question: We are a commercial foreign bank having branch in Vietnam and would like to seek a law firm in Vietnam, please advise this? Answer: Further to our discussion from which we were requested to provide legal retainer services to Commercial foreign Bank in Vietnam  (hereinafter referred to as “BANK”),...

Client: I work as Business Development Manager at Ltd Co, international telecommunication service provider and operator with headquarters in London, UK. We are provider of variety of voice, sms and ussd based services around the world. Looking for telecommunication lawyers in Vietnam, I have found your contact info. We are...

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:

Client: We have communicate with a company whom are customers of ours in your state regards merging, we like to merge with the company to increased revenue, market share, and cross-selling opportunities. We would like to retain you to help us in the process to review proposed transactions for acquisitions...