Doing business in Vietnam

Question: We require a branch office to handle Quality control and all scheduling of customers orders. We do no shipments or import and export  and we are paid a fixed fee to our accounts overseas. Answer: We understood that you intend to setup an office in Ho Chi Minh City...

Representative Office is an option for Foreign Investor who wishes to conduct market research, trade promotion etc in Vietnam. Depending on business sector of the parent companies abroad, conditions and procedure for setting up representative office in Vietnam may be different. Up to now, Vietnam Law only stipulate conditions and procedures...

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.

Client: I am an American citizen wishing to register a new company here in Vung Tau. The business is consultancy for project construction. I have an office location already. I carry no overheads other than the office rental and my own accommodation. I simply wish to be registered and request the...

Question: We hereby have a client who is a Hongkong company which running business as scientific instrument production for many years, now they intends to develop that business to Vietnam by register a local company, the proposed shareholder (s) & director (s) are all Hongkong residents, the initial scope of activities...

Entrepreneurs wish to incorporate and register a new firm in Vietnam, SBLAW would like to provide some information about Forms of ownership of a small business in Vietnam as follows:

M&A is a mechanism used by companies in order to expand its range, share market or to capture markets. Nonetheless, when M&A conducted, parties must be aware of legal status of companies that they wish to purchase and necessary procedure as well.

Client: Logistic company, is transportation road, we distributing with truck and the goods is coal, from Cambodia to Vietnam. Please advise if that possible 100% investment foreign company. Lawyer: We understand that you would like to setup 100% owned company for providing road transportation logistics service in Vietnam. In order to provide...

It is our understanding that your company intends to close its representative office in Vietnam, SBLaw can provide this legal service:

The establishment of Company (NewCo) requires an Investment Certificate from the licensing authority[...]