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:

The establishment of Company (NewCo) requires an Investment Certificate from the licensing authority[...]

Question: We are a USA-based company looking for registration of a new Company in Vietnam without personal involvement to process of registration. The newly registered Vietnamese company will be used for setting up of a  merchant account in banks of Vietnam in order to start processing online transactions through Vietnamese...

1. Legal opinion In our experience, Nondestructive Testing Services is one of the services that are belonged to the scope of CPC (Central Product Classification) 8676 and under the Vietnam’s WTO Commitment, foreign business entities engaging in this field shall only be permitted to conduct this business when they satisfy...

Client: Logistic company, is transportation road, we distributing with truck and the goods is coal, from Cambodia to Vietnam. Please advise if that possible 100% investment foreign company. Lawyer: We understand that you would like to setup 100% owned company for providing road transportation logistics service in Vietnam. In order to provide...

Since its establishment, SBLaw has been an important partner in the banking industries, serving many banking and non-banking credit institutions in Vietnam. Our highly skilled and experienced [...]

Question: I would like to setup a tea factory in Son La or Thai Nguyen. Please advise. Answer: In order to setup a tea factory in Vietnam, the very first thing you have to do is to look for a suitable land lot for setting up the factory. For this purpose,...

Question: We are Bristish Virgin Islands (BVI) company and would like to register a branch in Vietnam. Please advise if it possible to register a Branch in Vietnam? Do you provide registered office address or he needs to rent one? What documents will you require for the company and director. Your fees for...

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...

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...