Doing business in Vietnam

Question: We are 100% owned foreign company and are seeking legal advices for closing its Branch Office in Hanoi, can SBLAW provide the legal service for this service? Answer: We understand that your company, (hereinafter referred to as “Client”) is now seeking legal advices for closing its Branch Office in...

Under Vietnam Law, there is no specific legal instrument promulgating on use of personal data. However, this matter is mentioned in several law instruments of Vietnam like Vietnam Civil Code 2005 and law instruments regarding to electronic commerce and information technology. According to the Article No. 38 of Vietnam Civil...

SBLAW would like to present you our legal advice on closing down Representative Office in Vietnam as follows:

SBLaw would like to provide some information for setting up a representative office of foreign company in Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as “Company”) as follows:

Question: This is a business law firm in Hokong. We get your firm’s contact information through the internet. Our client want to have M&A in tourist resort programme in Ninh Thuan province, so we want to search out an excellent law firm in Vietnam as our partner to provide...

Quetion: I am a US person living in Ho Chi Minh City since 2011, currently working on starting a home décor and clothing business. Part of this business is intended to be wholesale for the Swiss and European market and, for doing so, I’m setting up a company based in...

Client: Dear SB Law, We are a foreign-owned automobile manufacturing company, which established in 1993 in Vietnam. Now, we would like to (i) re-register our company to operate in line with new Laws on enterprises and investment of Vietnam; (ii) expend the current business scope; (iii) extend the term of its...

Q: We – Singapore Company established a representative office in Da Nang City, who asked if we know a law firm to recommend for closing the representative office. We would appreciate it very much should you be so kind to advise if your firm handles this type of work, how...

Question: What is the type of Tourism license a JV (Vietnamese company with foreign capital) can apply to: Domestic, Inbound, Outbound, all of these? Or is there any restrictions? I read somewhere that a JV can only organize domestic trips in Vietnam for foreigners who are inbound customers, but...

Investor: We are currently looking into changing our structure from a rep office to a wholly foreign owned  Vietnamese company. Can you run me through step by step what needs to happen if we decide to proceed. I thought you would be the right person to know. Lawyer of SBLAW:Thank...