Doing business in Vietnam

Our skilled and experienced banking lawyers and consultants with professional ability to access banking and finance policies and practice in Vietnam are equipped with powerful research methodologies and innovative thinking to provide fruitful business results.

Question: I wish to set up a Vietnam company and I have the following concerns: Once the company is registered in the registrar, whether the individual directors and shareholders’identity will become public information that can be searched by anyone globally. Whether it is mandatory for a Vietnamese company to...

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”),...

Under Vietnam Law, it does not impose any minimum rate of capital for running shipping agency and forwarding services company. However, the Investor must be responsible for explaining possibility of running such company with his proposed capital. According to our practical experience, an amount of 200,000USD is reasonable rate for...

SBLAW would like to present you our legal advice on closing down Representative Office in Vietnam as follows:

Client: My name is Harry and I received your contact details through internet. I'm looking for a lawyer who could assist me and a partner (we're both expats) in registering our online startup. 1. What is the process to apply for the business license? If we make it Vietnamese-owned with...

To implement the plan of business expansion in Vietnam, foreign invested company (FIC) has to amend of its Investment Certificate in Vietnam authority[...]

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...

If a HongKong Company would like to open a representative office in Ho Chi Minh City, SBLaw would like to advise as follows: