Doing business in Vietnam

In Vietnam, Foreign Invested Company (FIC) can be divided into two following forms: (i) Wholly Foreign Owned Company wherein Foreign Investors shall own 100% capital of the Company and (ii) Joint Venture Company wherein Foreign Investor shall jointly setup company with at least one local partner. Generally, foreign investor is...

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...

SBLaw was requested to assist foreign company (Hereinafter referred to as “Client”) to provide legal advice on company acquisition in Vietnam. 1. Our proposd scope of works We anticipate that our work will comprise of the following work streams. These are the key work streams required in any M&A cases. Depending on...

Question: Our partner in Vietnam has the chance to import the following fruits through a credible international supplier: Fish, Cashew nuts, wheat, maize etc. They have not imported these products before but have a good network to distribute around vietnam.  Are they able to import? If not, what is...

Question: Greeting from Thailand. We are a Thai company, manufacturer and brand owner of leading health-herbal food and supplements products, many brands are no.1 in Thailand. Currently, we are in the process of exploring business opportunity to introduce some of our product lines to Vietnam market. We have done in-depth market studies and have...

Question: We are Taiwan company and is now seeking legal advices for establishment of wholly foreign invested company  for (i) designing labels and (ii) selling labels in Vietnam, please provide legal advice? Answen:This is reference to the conservation between us, from which, we understand that your company (hereinafter referred to...

Question: Are you able to incorporate a company for us? (ideally an Ltd, with one foreign shareholder and one foreign director) If so, tell me please how much time does it all takes, and what’s the total charge to it (your charges and all possible governmental charges) . Answer: Under Vietnam Law, during...

Client: I work as Business Development Manager at Ltd Co, international telecommunication service provider and operator with headquarters in London, UK. We are provider of variety of voice, sms and ussd based services around the world. Looking for telecommunication lawyers in Vietnam, I have found your contact info. We are...

Question: I want to set-up a foreign-invested company which conducts real-estate management services in Hanoi, Vietnam. Please quote. Answer: We refer with thanks to your conversation from which we were requested to advice on establishment of foreign invested enterprise in Hanoi, Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as the “NewCo”). This NewCo shall...

Question: I am a USA citizen and would like to open coffee shop in Vietnam, please advise legal procedure? Answen: This is Lawyer of SB Law. We know that you now intend to setup 100% foreign owned company in Hanoi for coffee shop, we therefore would like to send herewith...