Doing business in Vietnam

SBLaw would like to give information for setting up a representative office of foreign company in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (hereinafter referred to as “Company”) as follow:

SB Law would like to provide our legal advice on establishment of MLM Company in Vietnam as follows:

Under the Degree No. 25/2011/ND-CP dated 06 April 2011 of Vietnam Government detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the telecommunication law, Voice Call and SMS Messaging Service are classified to basic telecommunication services.

Investor: We are currently looking into changing our structure from a rep office to a wholly foreign owned  Vietnamese company. Can you run me through step by step what needs to happen if we decide to proceed. I thought you would be the right person to know. Lawyer of SBLAW:Thank...

Question: We are a commercial foreign bank having branch in Vietnam and would like to seek a law firm in Vietnam, please advise this? Answer: Further to our discussion from which we were requested to provide legal retainer services to Commercial foreign Bank in Vietnam  (hereinafter referred to as “BANK”),...

SB Law would like to give legal advice on possibilities of setting up a foreign invested company providing Shipping Agency/Freight Forwarding Services in Vietnam as follows:

Client: I am interested to find out about your services to setup an office in Vietnam/Hanoi. Can someone contact me to discuss this? Lawyer: This is reference to our conservation today, from which, we understand that your company(hereinafter referred to as “Client”) is now seeking legal advices for establishment of Representative...

According to paragraph 5 of Article 84 of the Law on Enterprises "Within three years from the date of the certificate of business registration, a founding shareholder has the right to freely transfer its common shares to shareholders other up, but they can transfers.[...]

Client: I am an American citizen wishing to register a new company here in Vung Tau. The business is consultancy for project construction. I have an office location already. I carry no overheads other than the office rental and my own accommodation. I simply wish to be registered and request the...

Question: We are consulting company for product certification in Korea. We are being asked for Cosmetic products registration in Vietnam from our customer. We want to discuss about this agenda including RP arrangement with you. Could you guide us on approximate Cost, Procedure and lead time? Answer:  I am Lawyer of...