Doing business in Vietnam

Question: We are a Hongkong trading company and planning to set up a company in Hanoi City. We would like to contact your company for company incorporation service. The investment will be 100% from Hongkong. And our proposed VN company’s main business will be import chemicals to VN market for sales and...

SBLAW would like to update the new policy regarding to Payment Intermediary Service in Vietnam as follow: + Up to now, there are 25 enterprises granted License for providing Intermediate Payment Service. However, after conducting a comprehensive survey, SBV found that not many of them can totally rely on Intermediate Payment...

Question: Our Chief Representative will be a french national, which visa type is better to work in Vietnam? This person will fix it's residence in Hanoi Answen: In this case, after obtaining the License for establishment of Representative Office, he shall need to obtain work permit. Then, he can obtain the...

Question: We are foreigers (2 person) and we want to start on with trading company in Vietnam with very little capital in the beginning to test market it so someone suggested to start a company local in the name of Vietnamese whom we trust. Point is that we can start on...

Question: I'm a foreigner living in Thailand and my partner is Vietnamese living in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. We are creating a company that provides web development via online e-commerce websites. Our plan is to establish a VN company as we will be hiring additional programmers later in Vietnam. What would...

SBLAW would like to provide our legal advice on establishment of foreign invested company which provides dental clinic services in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam as follows: I. BRIEF SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND It is our understanding that you intend to set up a foreign-owned company (NewCo) in Vietnam for carrying business activities...

On 15 January 2018, the Government promulgated Decree No. 09/2018/ND-CP detailing Law on Commerce and Law on Foreign Trade Management on activity of sale and purchase of goods and activities directly related to the sale and purchase of goods of foreign investors, economic organizations with foreign owned capital in...

Question: I am currently based in Japan in logistics and we are looking at opening a small office in Hanoi with a view to conducting market research, supplier sourcing. Summary of market research, and consulting company. Our role would involve services only, no manufacturing or export at this time....

SBLaw was requested to assist foreign company (Hereinafter referred to as “Client”) to provide legal advice on company acquisition in Vietnam. 1. Our proposd scope of works We anticipate that our work will comprise of the following work streams. These are the key work streams required in any M&A cases. Depending on...

SBLaw will support Client in drafting the Loan Contract which will be signed between a Vietnamese individual or the Company and a foreign individual with the object of this contract is foreign currency.