Doing business in Vietnam

In Vietnam, Foreign Invested Company (FIC) can be divided into two following forms: (i) Wholly Foreign Owned Company wherein Foreign Investors shall own 100% capital of the Company and (ii) Joint Venture Company wherein Foreign Investor shall jointly setup company with at least one local partner. Generally, foreign investor is...

Investor is a French company and want to establish a foreign invested company (Hereinafter referred to as “FIC”) for providing market research in Vietnam, SBLaw would like to provide some information as follows:

Question: We are foreigers (2 person) and we want to start on with trading company in Vietnam with very little capital in the beginning to test market it so someone suggested to start a company local in the name of Vietnamese whom we trust. Point is that we can start on...

Question: On behalf of my boss, he would like to set-up a small 'Food' business in Vietnam. Is there anyway you could provide him with more details as in, the charges, steps, procedure, etc. Answer: I would like to refer you to the meeting from which we discussed on possibilities on setting...

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?

We understand that you would like us to advise on establishment of a Joint Stock Company in which 49% is owned by local partner and 51% is owned by foreign investor (hereinafter referred to as “FIC’) in Hanoi, Vietnam. We further understand that upon establishment, the FIC shall export agricultural...

SBLAW would like to mention about the difference between Branch and R.O in Vietnam as follows:

Investor: Dear Sir, We are a private company in Korea. The company’s business is to help people who want to move and live in another countries so called emigration service.   Now they want to setup a company and do the same business in Vietnam.   1.     Is it possible by Foreigner and/or Foreign...

SBLaw would like to provide you the legal procedure for formation of joint stock company in Vietnam as follows:

SBLaw’s lawyers are currently consulting and assisting many large-scaled corporations, enterprises, organizations and investors in the bussiness regarding International Trade in Vietnam.