Doing business in Vietnam

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 is interested in opening a rep office in VN. The purpose of this rep office is to research the VN market and identify potential supplying sources for our products. We are in the Fiber Optic components manufacturing. We have the following questions which we hope you would be...

It is our understanding that your company– a company duly established and operating under the law of Singapore intends to set up a wholly foreign invested company in Hanoi for leasing and distributing tablend products 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,

Investor is a French company and want to establish a foreign invested company (Hereinafter referred to as “FIC”) for providing market research in Vietnam, SBLaw would like to provide some information as follows:

Foreign investor: Can foreign investor set up company nominee? Lawyer: It is possible for setting up such company under the name of a Vietnamese Partner. However, please note that you should carefully study potential risk of this form as Vietnam Law does not recognize nominee structure. In the worst case, foreign investor...

Q: We are Vietnamese company and would like to know the legal procedure to set up company in foreign country? A: SBLAW would like to advise as follows: With regard to setting up company in foreign country, actually, you has to register the investment project to the licensing authority of Ministry...

Question: We hereby have a client who is a Hongkong company which running business as scientific instrument production for many years, now they intends to develop that business to Vietnam by register a local company, the proposed shareholder (s) & director (s) are all Hongkong residents, the initial scope of activities...

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

Client: Dear Sir, What are the official way to open an office by any indian Entity? Lawyer: We understand that you would like to export raw cashew nut as well as kernels and apart from that rice cinnamon and star aniseed from Vietnam to India. For this, you must setup a Foreign...