Doing business in Vietnam

Question: Dear sirs, warm greetings! I am helping my friends (individual fintech investors) to setup a legal entity in Vietnam. The business is about online microlending. Something similar to Cashwagon and Tima.vn. I couldn't find enough details about such type of activity in SBV's knowledge base or elsewhere. Do you have...

Question:  Our company is a Vietnamese company, 100% invested by Singapore Mother Company. We are planning a closure of this company (liquidation) and would like to receive a legal opinion as well as performance fee and proposal for the service of company liquidation. Issues on legal opinion How to close the company...

Question: What would be the possible costs and estimated terms to set-up a representative office, a branch and a limited liability company in Vietnam? Answer: We understand that Client is now seeking legal advices for establishment of (i) Representative Office or (ii) Branch Office or (iii) Limited Liability Company in Vietnam....

Question: Our Chief Representative will be a french national, which visa type is better to work in Vietnam? This person will fix it's residence in Hanoi Answen: In this case, after obtaining the License for establishment of Representative Office, he shall need to obtain work permit. Then, he can obtain the...

Client: We will like to set up a 100% owned branch office in Vietnam to conduct our business locally. Is this possible? What is the requirement of local directors, restriction on trade activities of foreign owned branch offices and the tax payable? Lawyer: This is reference to your email below. I...

Question: We are foreign invested company and established on 2011, we were granted the certificate of Investment registration, now, we would like to amend the content of this document, but in new law, they mentioned the Certificate of enterprise registration, what is the difference between them? Answer: In November 2014,...

Question: We are consulting and management company with offices in Prague and London. We have a client, who is interested in opening of a new company in Vietnam, where shareholder will be USA company. Could you please provide prices of your services in setting up a new company in Vietnam? Thank you...

In order to assist foreign investor (hereinafter referred to as “Client”) to establish 100% foreign owned enterprise with the business function of construction consultancy (including designing and supervising consultancy) in Vietnam, SBLaw (hereinafter referred to as “Consultant”) would like to provide the Client with such services.

This is relation to our conservations, from which, you requested us to provide legal advice on amendment of Investment Certificate of your company (Hereinafter referred to as “Client”) in order to move the head office address from Binh Duong Province to Ho Chi Minh City. We, therefore, are grateful to...

SBLAW understands that Client would like to amend its Investment Certificate to include warehousing services based on un-used redundant leased space area, thus, we would like to advise as follows: