Doing business in Vietnam

The establishment of a domestic owned Company in Vietnam requires a Certificate of business registration from the licensing authority.

Question: I would like to incorporate a new company in Ho Chi Minh City owned by my USA company. This new company in Vietnam will be a service provider, consulting services & quality control, and will hier around 5-6 people in Vietnam at the beginning. The local company director &...

In order to assist foreign investor (hereinafter referred to as “Client”) to establish 100% foreign owned enterprise with the business function of construction consultancy (including designing and supervising consultancy) in Vietnam, SBLaw (hereinafter referred to as “Consultant”) would like to provide the Client with such services.

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,

Question: I know your Law firm by visiting your web site. I am a foreigner and would like to consult you the following legal advice. Some Question to seek for your advice: 1.Can a foreigner (foreign company or foreign natural person) own a local trading nature business company (joint venture share structure...

Question: Our company want to employ one people in Vietnam for liaison/ seeking business opportunity. Is it necessary for us to set up a RO for this purpose? What are the details we need to beware if we need to set up a RO/hiring people(i.e. employment contract(MOLISA), tax issues (Personal Income...

We understand that your company (hereinafter referred to as “Client”) is now seeking legal advices for adjustment of Investment Certificate regarding changing its legal representative. We therefore are grateful to present you our Legal Services Proposal for your review and consideration. 1. INITIAL ADVICES In our experience, in order to change the...

SBLAW understands that you requested us to provide legal retainer services and other legal consultation services such as contract review, product registration etc. to foreign invested company in Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as “Client”) in Vietnam.

Question: We were asked to provide a company (the “Client”, i.e., the Issuer) in preparation for IPO in Hongkong with a consolidated fee quote for acting as the Issuer’s counsel. Because the Client’s primary operating subsidiary is in Vietnam (the “Vietnam Subsidiary”), we will have to work with a Vietnam law...

SBLAW would like to provide some information about specific queries on establishment of 100% foreign invested company doing business scope in goods importing and trading activities as follows: