Doing business in Vietnam

We refer with thanks to your email from which we were requested to advice on possibilities of setting up a wholly foreign invested company (hereinafter referred to as “FIC”) for web and software development, design in Hanoi, Vietnam.  Therefore, we are grateful to set our legal services proposal for...

Question: I have a small problem which I want your advice. We have a number of products which our “product name” and the actual “registered name” differ from each other. So my questions are in two parts. 1. For upcoming export (this week), what should we state on the export documents?...

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: 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...

Foreign invested company (FIC) shall be the best choice for foreign investors if they wish to run business activities in Vietnam.

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...

We would like to provide some information on possibilities of setting up representative office in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam as follows:

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...

Tax audits are carried out regularly and often cover a number of tax years. Prior to an audit, the tax authorities send the taxpayer a written notice indicating the time and scope of the audit inspection.

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...