Doing business in Vietnam

Question: As we are planning to source more products from Vietnam, we need to build up a local team that can work with 3rd party suppliers to ensure product quality and timely shipment. The initial thinking is that we want to setup a new entity in Vietnam near the Hochiminh...

Investor: Dear SB Law company, I write this email to ask for some information, related to one of my customer. My customer is the steel trading company, from England. And now, they want to set up a representative office/ company in Vietnam.   On behalf of our customer, we would like to ask...

Q:  I have some questions relating to our representative office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 1.    How much the cost to close the representative office ? 2.    Can we leave Rep Office dormant…if so, at what cost...? 3.    Can we re-open the entity at our discretion as some point in the...

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

Question: We are foreign invested company and established on 2011, we were granted the certificate of Investment registration, now, we would like to amend the content of this document, but in new law, they mentioned the Certificate of enterprise registration, what is the difference between them? Answer: In November 2014,...

Question: On behalf of my boss, he would like to set-up a small 'Food' business in Vietnam. Is there anyway you could provide him with more details as in, the charges, steps, procedure, etc. Answer: I would like to refer you to the meeting from which we discussed on possibilities on setting...

Quetion: I am a US person living in Ho Chi Minh City since 2011, currently working on starting a home décor and clothing business. Part of this business is intended to be wholesale for the Swiss and European market and, for doing so, I’m setting up a company based in...

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:

We understand that you are seeking legal advice on establishment of Representative Office of foreign trader in Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as the “R.O”). We therefore are grateful to present you our Legal Services Proposal for your review and consideration. Overview 1.1. Scope of operation of representative offices (“hereinafter...

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...