Doing business in Vietnam

When foreign investor would like to Acquire equity of a pure local company in Vietnam, SBLAW would like to advise as follwos:

We refer with thanks to your email today, from which we were requested to advice on establishment of a representative office in Hanoi of foreign invested company in Long An province (hereinafter referred to as “Company” or “Client”). 1.Setting up RePRESENTATIVE OFFICE OF FOREIGN INVESTED COMPANY IN HANOI The establishment...

In case foreign investor (Client) is willing to engage a law firm on advices regarding obtaining Investment Certificate to form a wholly foreign invested company in Vietnam, SBLaw is qualified for above mentioned requirements and is willing to advice Client regarding above said requests[...]

Question: I would like to know more on how to open a company also to purchase an apartment in Vietnam after a new legislation passed in 2015 that permits foreigners to buy on lease agreement. In the process of this I presume that I need an account in Vietnam for...

In this case, we understand that the FIC that the Client intends to setup shall (i) implement import and export right against electronic products and (ii) manufacture electronic products in Binh Duong Province.

From 1st July 2015, the new Enterprise Law and Investment Law shall become effective. Under the current law, for setting up a foreign invested company, you shall need only Investment Certificate cum Certificate of Business Registration. However, from 1st July 2015, two above said Certificate shall be separated. Particularly, after obtainment of...

Foreign investor (from Singapore) are seeking legal advices for establishment of 100% Foreign Invested Company with business principal activities of

Client: We would like to conduct a company search at Vietnam as we have no knowledge of the ownership of the company. Therefore, we need your help to conduct a company search at Vietnam as we need to advise us accordingly on this. We need to know the current shareholders of the...

Question: We are FDI company in Hochiminh city and would like to amend Investment Certificate with regard to the supplementary of Services in the field of Search Engine Optimizer (SEO, please advise the legal procedure?

Client: Dear Sir/ Madam, Our company wants to send email and SMS to its patients (approx. 10,000 – 20,000 patients) to update or inform about FMP’s services.  Our concerns are (i) how to use email tool and SMS to communicate with your patients legally, and  (ii) legal exposures of not...