Doing business in Vietnam

Question: I am a English teacher from USA and am now thinking of starting  a small, online English Language Service company in the USA  to provide English language services to Vietnamese and Asian students and companies. To start with, I am planning to hire a teacher in the USA but...

Under the Degree No. 25/2011/ND-CP dated 06 April 2011 of Vietnam Government detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the telecommunication law, Voice Call and SMS Messaging Service are classified to basic telecommunication services.

In order to assist foreign investors (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.

Answer: Under Vietnam WTO Commitment, foreign investor is allowed to joint venture with a local company who has been licensed to provide advertisement services in Vietnam.

Client: I intend set up a company in HCM, as a buying house handling export products out of Vietnam and trading local market, what are the requirments and easy way to set up, thanks Lawyer:This is reference to your message below. I am Corporate Lawyer of SB Law. I was...

Question: We would like to set up Foreign Invested Company in the field of cloths and fashion in Vietnam. Please quote. Answer: We understand that Client is now seeking legal advices for establishment of Foreign Invested Company in the field of cloths and fashion in Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as “FIC”)....

Can we create a local Vietnam company with 100% ownership if we get a longer term job opportunity in Vietnam?

In this case, we understand that the FIC that the Client intends to setup shall (i) implement import and export right against electronic products and (ii) manufacture electronic products in Binh Duong Province.

Q: We are foreign investor and would like to set up wholly foreign owned company for trucking business, please advise the legal procedure and solution? We understand that your company intend to expand business operation into Vietnam Market through setting up wholly foreign owned company for trucking business. However, under Vietnam-WTO...

Question: We are Singapore logistic company, we have a question as follow: Can foreign investor set up a 100% owned foreign logistic company (road transportation service)? Answer: It is noted that Vietnam Law officially remove foreign ownership limitation in the logistic services sector. However, this change is only applicable to several...