Doing business in Vietnam

Under the Vietnam Enterprise Law, Road Transportation Services is classified to CPC 7123. Under Vietnam WTO commitment, for road transportation services, foreign investor is required to setup Joint Venture Company in which Foreign Ownership

Investor: We are in the midst of doing a corporate exercise, and we need your assistance to perform a due diligence on our company entity in Vietnam. Lawyer: 1. SCOPE OF WORKS Following works are proposed based on the request of Client. However, depending on the specific position/situation of Client, several work...

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.

Question: I'm a foreigner living in Thailand and my partner is Vietnamese living in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. We are creating a company that provides web development via online e-commerce websites. Our plan is to establish a VN company as we will be hiring additional programmers later in Vietnam. What would...

SBLAW provides legal advices for establishment of wholly foreign invested company (hereinafter referred to as “FIC”) for (i) importing and trading industrial machines and (ii) providing maintenance and warranties services for customers in Vietnam as follows;

Since its establishment, SBLaw has been an important partner in the banking industries, serving many banking and non-banking credit institutions in Vietnam. Our highly skilled and experienced [...]

In case the client intends to setup a factory for producing goods (hereinafter referred to as “Factory”), SBLaw would like to provide some information about it.

Question: On behalf of my boss, he would like to set-up a small 'Food' business in Vietnam. Is there anyway you could provide him with more details as in, the charges, steps, procedure, etc. Answer: I would like to refer you to the meeting from which we discussed on possibilities on setting...

Question: We are interested in establishing of the representative office of our company in Hanoi. My boss has two companies, one is registered in Thailand, the other is registered in Republic of Seychelles, so he wants to know more about the details about setting up a representative office. 1. what kind...

On June 11th, 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Circular 02/2021/TT-BCT on the Rules of Origin of goods in the UKVFTA Agreement. Accordingly, in order to receive tariff preferences under UKVFTA, certificate of origin must be submitted to the Vietnamese customs authority within 2 years from the time...