Doing business in Vietnam

Investor: Respected Sir/Madam, I am a Hongkong citizen. I am looking to set up business under Sole Proprietorship with 100% own share in the field of restaurant. Can I do this type of business in Vietnam and what will be the capital requirements? Thanks and best regards. Lawyer of SBLAW:Under Vietnam Law,...

SBLAW would like to introduce the legal procedure for etting up a representative office in Ho Chi Minh City of Japan company as follows:

On January 16, 2017, the government has promulgated Decree 03/2017/NĐ – CP of casino business. This Decree deals with business, management of the business and administrative sanction in casino business in Vietnam. Decree 03/2017 will take effect from March 15, 2017. 1. Business principles Casino business is business lines subject to...

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:

Question: Our foreign company from Japan intends to setting up a smart phone refurbish center in Da Nang City and need your assist for some advice. We are aware that import & selling of used mobile phone in Vietnam is restricted by the Vietnam government but we getting info that...

This is with regards to our discussion from which you requested us to advise for Vietnam local company (hereinafter referred to as “Client”) to transfer 100% equity to an foreign Investor (hereinafter referred to as “the Assignee”).  Thus, we are pleased to present herewith our Legal Service Proposal for...

Question: We would like to set up Foreign Invested Company in the field of cloths and fashion in Vietnam. Please quote. Answer: We understand that Client is now seeking legal advices for establishment of Foreign Invested Company in the field of cloths and fashion in Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as “FIC”)....

Under Vietnam Law, you can establish Foreign Invested Company (FIC) for exporting goods from Vietnam. However, we also would like to note that goods to be exported from Vietnam must not include rare and valuable seafood such as European Otter, hairy-nosed otter, smooth-coached otter, small-clawed cotter and golden coin turtle.

Foreign investor: Can foreign investor set up company nominee? Lawyer: It is possible for setting up such company under the name of a Vietnamese Partner. However, please note that you should carefully study potential risk of this form as Vietnam Law does not recognize nominee structure. In the worst case, foreign investor...

SBLAW assists Client to setup company in Vietnam, including, advice on structure of company, preparation of documents for setting up company in Vietnam, following up licensing and post-licensing process for setting up company