Doing business in Vietnam

Lawyer Nguyen Tien Hoa, partner of SBLAW is recommended in The Asia Pacific Legal 500 2015 editoria in the areas of Corporate and M&A.

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:

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.

Investor: Dear SB Law company, I write this email to ask for some information, related to one of my customer. My customer is the steel trading company, from England. And now, they want to set up a representative office/ company in Vietnam.   On behalf of our customer, we would like to ask...

Question: We are FDI company in Vietnam and would like to amend Investment Registration Certificate (“IRC”) and Enterprise Registration Certificate (“ERC’’) in order to reflect supplementing business line of non-life insurance, please advise? Answer: We refer with thanks to your call from which we were requested to assist you regarding amendment of...

According to the Article No. 12 of Decree No. 25/2011/ND-CP of the Government dated April 6th, 2011 on detailing and guiding some articles of Telecommunication Law, before the resale of fixed telecommunication services to users in a location that have specified address and ranges for which the legal usage...

Client: Dear Sir or Madam, My company currently present in Hong Kong and China for more than a year, is planning to open a rep office in Vietnam. As seen on your website, you seem expert in the process and I would appreciate very much if you could let me know: the...

Question: We would like to set up company of freight transport agency services in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, please advise the legal procedure? Answer: We refer with thanks to your email from which we were requested to advice on establishment of a wholly foreign invested enterprise (hereinafter referred to...

Question: We are a Mauritian based group and we are interested to explore business opportunities in Vietnam. We expect to travel to your country in January /February 2017. We are involved in tourism sector ( inbound tour operator specialized in Italian and French markets) , Event managements ( organization of,...

Question: My company want to enlarge the import ranges. Please quote. Answer: - In this case, in order to supplement goods to be imported and distributed, you shall have to obtain Business License from Hanoi People Committee. Generally, in order to obtain this, it shall take you about 45 working days...