Doing business in Vietnam

Question: I have lived in France for many years. Knowing that there is very high demand on  supplement & healthcare products (like omega 3, calcium, etc.) and baby products in Vietnam. I want to sell them in this market. I would be grateful if you can help me out with...

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

Question: I wish to set up a Vietnam company and I have the following concerns: Once the company is registered in the registrar, whether the individual directors and shareholders’identity will become public information that can be searched by anyone globally. Whether it is mandatory for a Vietnamese company to...

This is with regards to our discussion from which you requested us to advise for Vietnam local company (hereinafter referred to as “Client”) to transfer 100% equity to an foreign Investor (hereinafter referred to as “the Assignee”).  Thus, we are pleased to present herewith our Legal Service Proposal for...

Question: I'm one of the investor seeking for investment in Vietnam. First of all, I would like to know about time period from the initialize until final process of company registration in break down step. Also, total expenses and evidences, for example; documents, capital, board of meeting, charter and...

The Vietnamese person must: -Not be subject to the cases which are prohibited to set up company (such as: working in Vietnamese competent authorities as Officer, involved in any criminal cases, etc.).

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...

When doing business in Vietnam, investors can choose the following options to invest in Vietnam:

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,

Under Vietnam Law, you can establish Foreign Invested Company (FIC) for exporting goods from Vietnam. However, we also would like to note that goods to be exported from Vietnam must not include rare and valuable seafood such as European Otter, hairy-nosed otter, smooth-coached otter, small-clawed cotter and golden coin turtle.