Doing business in Vietnam

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

We understand that your company, (hereinafter referred to as “Client”) is now seeking legal advices for closing Representative Office in Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as “R.O”). We therefore are grateful to present you our Legal Services Proposal for your review and consideration. 1. PROCEDURES FOR CLOSING RO Under the Vietnam’s Decree...

Question: I wish to set up a Vietnam company and I have the following concerns: Once the company is registered in the registrar, whether the individual directors and shareholders’identity will become public information that can be searched by anyone globally. Whether it is mandatory for a Vietnamese company to...

Q: What docs should be presented to apply the license of R.O  ?   A: Please see the attached file for your information of our required documents. We also would like to note that legalized copy of document is only valid within 03 months from the date of legalization. Thus, scanned...

Question: We are Japanese company and want to set up a 100% FOC in Vietnam (LLC). We would like to incorporate in Hochiminh City and we are now looking for a law firm who can take care of the administrative process and licensing for us. We are not in...

Q: Can a Representive Office open a bank account? If there any amount that need to maintain? A: Yes, the Representative office (R.O) can open bank account, that account is to receive expense from parent comapny only. No need to have any amount to maintain R.O ammount,

SBLAW would like to introduce some information about opening a RO in Vietnam as follows:

Investors will make their own decision on investment projects and be responsible for the accuracy, truth of investment registration contents, investment project documents and performing registered commitment.

SB Law would like to give legal advice on possibilities of setting up a foreign invested company providing Shipping Agency/Freight Forwarding Services in Vietnam as follows:

According to Vietnam-WTO Commitments, foreign investor is allowed to setup foreign owned company in Vietnam to provide financial management consulting services (CPC 89502)[...]