Doing business in Vietnam

SBLaw would like to provide some information for setting up a representative office of foreign company in Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as “Company”) as follows:

Question: We are Japanese company and want to set up a 100% FOC in Vietnam (LLC). We would like to incorporate in Hochiminh City and we are now looking for a law firm who can take care of the administrative process and licensing for us. We are not in...

The foreign company must: - Being recognized as a legal entity by countries or territories of business registration;

A representative office of foreign education institution in Vietnam is a dependent unit of a foreign educational institution or organization, established and operating in Vietnam in order to promote and develop cooperation and investment in education in accordance with the laws of Vietnam. Accordingly, in order to be established...

We refer with thanks to your email today, from which we were requested to advice on establishment of a representative office in Hanoi of foreign invested company in Long An province (hereinafter referred to as “Company” or “Client”). 1.Setting up RePRESENTATIVE OFFICE OF FOREIGN INVESTED COMPANY IN HANOI The establishment...

Question: We are FDI company and would like to design and supply a mobile application for telecommunication operators in Vietnam so that we can distribute value added services to their end users, please confirm whether this service is software development service under Vietnamese law? Answer: We understand that your company...

Answer: Under Vietnam WTO Commitment, foreign investor is allowed to joint venture with a local company who has been licensed to provide advertisement services in Vietnam.

Vietnam Government classifies Multi Model Transportation Service into two forms: - Internal Multi Model Transportation Service - International Multi Model Transportation Service Under the Decree No. 87/2009/ND-CP of the Government, for providing International or Internal Multi Model Transportation Service, the Enterprise must satisfy following conditions: - Having assets or capital equal to 80,000SDR. It also...

(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.

Foreign investor: Dear Sirs I am writing on behalf of a Hongkong registered company. I understand from your webpage that you specialise in services for establishing and closing representative office in Vietnam. We have 2 Representative offices in Vietnam (Hanoi and Hochiminh City) and we intend to close one of them (Hanoi...