Doing business in Vietnam

In case the foreign investor would like to set up a foreign invested company providing Shipping Agency / Freight Forwarding Services in Vietnam, they should consider the legal aspect as follow[...]

SB Law would like to share information foreign investor should be aware of when running a company in Vietnam, under Q&A as follows:   1/ What would be the best legal entity?   Among the most common and available investment vehicles to foreign investors including "company limited", "joint-stock company (shareholding company)", "business-cooperation contract",...

Investor: Hi, We are a recruitment company in Singapore and would like to open a branch in Vietnam. Could you please let us know the process and cost? Thank you & best regards Lawyer: This is reference to your email below. We understand that you intend to setup a branch in Vietnam...

SBLAW would like to provide legal opinion regarding to the legality of designing gaming solution for wagering online sport as below: 1.  SPECIFIC COMMENTS ON THE LEGALITY OF THE PROJECT  1.1. Legality of designing game online It can be said that there is no complete legal framework for online gaming...

Investor: We have a two 100% owned foreign companies in Hanoi and HCMC. Currently these 2 companies are ‘dormant’ in their activities. We have a local Vietnam individual who intend to buy over the companies and intend to convert it to a local entity. We require lawyers in hcmc and Hanoi...

Having known that foreign investor (hereinafter referred to as “Client”) wishes to be provided with consultancy services in establishing a Joint Venture Company in the field of logistics in accordance with the Laws of Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as “JVC”)[...]

Question: On behalf of my boss, he would like to set-up a small 'Food' business in Vietnam. Is there anyway you could provide him with more details as in, the charges, steps, procedure, etc. Answer: I would like to refer you to the meeting from which we discussed on possibilities on setting...

Question: We are foreign invested company and established on 2011, we were granted the certificate of Investment registration, now, we would like to amend the content of this document, but in new law, they mentioned the Certificate of enterprise registration, what is the difference between them? Answer: In November 2014,...

Investor: Hello SB Law team, I represent a Hong Kong-based charitable organization. We would like to understand our options for setting up a legal entity in Vietnam, based in Ho Chi Minh City. Can your team provide advice on our options and then establish and administer a Vietnamese company for us? I would...

We are considering now to establish a foreign owned instead of local entity company as Paypal. Can you please advise the procedure and documents needed to submit. Answer: For obtain license to act as Paypal, the minimum investment capital that you have to contribute in Vietnam is 2,500,000USD. After obtaining the Investment...