Doing business in Vietnam

SBLAW would like to introduce the legal procedure for etting up a representative office in Ho Chi Minh City of Japan company as follows:

Client: Our Company intend to set up an office in Vietnam, may be you are able to advise us on this. We are american Trading Company and has presence in USA (HQ), Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and China. We would like to know the minimum paid up capital for setting up a...

This is further our discussion held at our Hanoi Office from which you requested us to assist in setting up foreign invested company, (hereinafter referred to as “FIC”) in Phu Tho Province. Upon establishment, the FIC shall engage with manufacture of knives for machines or for machine appliances. Thus, we...

Question: Our Chief Representative will be a french national, which visa type is better to work in Vietnam? This person will fix it's residence in Hanoi Answen: In this case, after obtaining the License for establishment of Representative Office, he shall need to obtain work permit. Then, he can obtain the...

The applicable laws stipulate about Conditions for doing domestic travel businesses as follows: 1) Having domestic travel business registered at a competent business registry; 2) Having business plans for domestic tourist operations, offering tour programs for domestic tourists; 3) Operators of domestic travel business must have at least three years of experience...

: I am a foreigner. I would like to know about the costing and procedures to set up a limited company in Hanoi, Vietnam. Company provides services including,

Question: Is the Representative Office (RO) a kind of legal entity ? What is main function of the Representative Office (RO)? Could you please also let us know the fees and requirements to set up the RO?

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...

Question: We would like to set up company of freight transport agency services in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, please advise the legal procedure? Answer: We refer with thanks to your email from which we were requested to advice on establishment of a wholly foreign invested enterprise (hereinafter referred to...

As a leading law firm in the field of M&A, SBLAW would like to provide some information about experience of SBLAW in the field of M&A as follows: