Doing business in Vietnam

Representative Office is an option for Foreign Investor who wishes to conduct market research, trade promotion etc in Vietnam. Depending on business sector of the parent companies abroad, conditions and procedure for setting up representative office in Vietnam may be different. Up to now, Vietnam Law only stipulate conditions and procedures...

Supplementation of business activities and investment objective is considered as expansion of investment project. According to our practical experience, in case the Foreign Owned Company would like to expand scope of business activities, particularly, the approval shall very much depend on following factors: Audited Income Statement of the Client in...

Question: We would like to set up Foreign Invested Company in the field of cloths and fashion in Vietnam. Please quote. Answer: We understand that Client is now seeking legal advices for establishment of Foreign Invested Company in the field of cloths and fashion in Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as “FIC”)....

Client: Could you please confirm if your law firm does formation of Vietnam company. we are interested in registering a company in Vietnam as our branch office Lawyer: This is reference to your email below. We would like to confirm that we can assist you in forming company in Vietnam. In...

Foreign investor: We would like to incorporate a company in HCM city. The nature of the business is for logistics providing shipping agency/Freight forwarding service and wish the company can be 100% held by Hong Kong company. The expected invested capital is between USD 100,000 to USD 200,000. If you provide the...

So far SBLaw has successfully obtained the Representative Office License and supported R.O’s matter for ROCK SOLID SHEDS (Australian investor); FITI TESTING AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Korean investor); UBM (Thailand investors); TOHKEMI (Japanese investor); LEVI’S (Levi Strauss Global Trading Company – Hong Kong Investor); TRI HK (Hong Kong Investor); NETRUNNER SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED, (Singapore Investor,), PEGASUS ( Singapore...

Representative Office (R.O) needs to submit in writing the annual report to Department of Industry and Trade by January 30th, 2015.  (Article 19, Decree no. 72/2006/ND-CP detailing the Trade Law's regulation on Rep.Office, Branch of foreign businesses in Vietnam provided that, prior to the final working day of January, R.O has to report...

(a) Export processing enterprise means an enterprise that is established and operates in an export processing zone or exports all its products and operates in an industrial zone or economic zone.

Under Vietnam Law, foreign enterprise can setup a branch office for conducting business activities in Vietnam. However, in practice, possibility for setting up a branch office of a foreign trading company in Vietnam is very low. Generally, upon submission of application dossier for setting up branch office in Vietnam, the competent...

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