Doing business in Vietnam

In order to set up representative office in Hochiminh City, Vietnam, the required legal documents are as follows:

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...

Investor: Dear SB Law company, I write this email to ask for some information, related to one of my customer. My customer is the steel trading company, from England. And now, they want to set up a representative office/ company in Vietnam.   On behalf of our customer, we would like to ask...

SBLAW would like to introduce some information about opening a RO in Vietnam as follows:

Question: I am a Singapore, I want to set up a company in Hochiminh City, my means it is a waste treatment company.

Q: Do you think there will be a chance that foreign ownership restriction in the transportation sector might be loosened at least towards investors from ASEAN countries following AEC integration? A: According to my opinion, AEC shall not help much in this case. Purpose of AEC is to create an...

Question: I would like some advice about incorporating a business related to English language teaching. Although the business is largely online, it will also be operating in Vietnam, which is where both directors (UK and USA) currently live. I need your help in knowing where to incorporate e.g. in...

Investors have to prepare these following dossiers to register an investment project in Vietnam:

Under the Degree No. 25/2011/ND-CP dated 06 April 2011 of Vietnam Government detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the telecommunication law, Voice Call and SMS Messaging Service are classified to basic telecommunication services.

It takes around two weeks to form a new company of your own proposed name by first conducting a name search or taking 3-4 days if you choose one of the shelf companies from the HK shelf list.