Doing business in Vietnam

Question: I'm one of the investor seeking for investment in Vietnam. First of all, I would like to know about time period from the initialize until final process of company registration in break down step. Also, total expenses and evidences, for example; documents, capital, board of meeting, charter and...

Question: We are FDI company and would like to design and supply a mobile application for telecommunication operators in Vietnam so that we can distribute value added services to their end users, please confirm whether this service is software development service under Vietnamese law? Answer: We understand that your company...

Supplementation of business activities and investment objective is considered as expansion of investment project. According to our practical experience, in case the Foreign Owned Company would like to expand scope of business activities, particularly, the approval shall very much depend on following factors: Audited Income Statement of the Client in...

Questions: We need to set up an education/training institution in Vietnam. We will teach computer program for short-time. We have the questions:

Investors will make their own decision on investment projects and be responsible for the accuracy, truth of investment registration contents, investment project documents and performing registered commitment.

This is reference to the conservation from which, we understand that your company (hereinafter referred to as “Client”) is now seeking legal supports in assigning capital contribution to a foreign investor. We further understand that after assignment of capital contribution, Client shall focus on distribution of construction materials. We therefore are...

Question: We are Japanese company and want to set up a 100% FOC in Vietnam (LLC). We would like to incorporate in Hochiminh City and we are now looking for a law firm who can take care of the administrative process and licensing for us. We are not in...

Investor: We are currently looking into changing our structure from a rep office to a wholly foreign owned  Vietnamese company. Can you run me through step by step what needs to happen if we decide to proceed. I thought you would be the right person to know. Lawyer of SBLAW:Thank...

Decree No. 89/2016/ND-CP on requirements applicable to business entities acting as currency exchange agents or providing foreign currency receipt and payment services is issued by the Government on July 01, 2015. Accordingly,  a  business  entity  is  entitled  to  act  as  a currency exchange agent only after it is issued with...

SBLaw is a law firm which has large experience in advising on Finance and Banking. With the staff of excellent and skilled lawyers, we has consulted for many domestic and foreign finance organizations, such as: Military Bank (MB), Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC).