Doing business in Vietnam

Question: We are a firm of corporate providers in Singapore. One of our client has contacted us with the idea of incorporating a company in Vietnam. The idea is to import meat sub-products (pork tails, legs,etc) from France to Vietnamese markets. Currently they are working with intermediary in Vietnam. Could you, please,...

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...

Investor: Hi, I write to you on behalf of our company in India.   We are looking at expanding our business in South East Asia and wish to form a company in Vietnam for our operations.   Please advise if you can help with the same, Looking forward to hear from you.   SBLAW Lawyer:...

Question: We are the FDI in Vietnam, we would like that SBLAW may support the Company with the supplement of Company’s business lines of import and wholesale and retail of new and used cars (hereinafter is referred to as “Business Lines”). Answer: SBLAW would like to advise as follows: I. OUR...

Investor: Glad to e-meet you. Please allow me to briefly introduce ourselves. We are a SGX-listed company providing business solutions to mobile network operators. Our headquarter is based in Indonesia and we are currently looking at several investment prospects in tech start-ups in Vietnam, investing through a company incorporated in...

Client: Dear Sir/Madam, I wish to open a Rep. Office in Hanoi. My company in India is 18 months old. Please let me know whether I can apply for setting up a Rep. Office. Also, please help me by providing me the following info - document required - what all documents need...

We would like to provide some information on possibilities of setting up representative office in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam 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. [...]

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?

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",...