Doing business in Vietnam

SB Law would like to share information foreign investor should be aware of when running a company in Vietnam, under Q&A as follows:   1/ What would be the best legal entity?   Among the most common and available investment vehicles to foreign investors including "company limited", "joint-stock company (shareholding company)", "business-cooperation contract",...

Question: We are IT company from USA and would like to set up representative office and preparation of contracts in Vietnam, please advise this. Answer: This is reference to our conservation held in Ho Chi Minh Office from which, we understand that your company (hereinafter referred to as “Client”) is...

Client: We are planning on registering our Rep office in Vietnam.  Please could you advise if you provide such a service and the cost plus the lead time. Lawyer: This is reference to your email below. I am Corporate Lawyer of SB Law. I was entrusted to provide you legal...

Q: How's the procedure or process to apply as a register I.T company, computer or apps company? What type of document do I need to prepare? Do Ho Chi Minh have different between license or register company? A: According to Vietnam Law on Investment and Vietnam WTO’s Commitments, it is possible...

SBLAW would like to note that an important matter of representative office (R.O) in Vietnam is Personal Income Tax of Employees working for R.O.

Question: We are looking for as professional law firm in Vietnam. So, let me explain our scope of work, we would like to invest in solar farm business in Vietnam as investor. So, we need the law firm who has high potential and can give us the overview of...

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:

We refer with thanks to the conservation between you and our representative from which we were requested to advice on possibilities of setting up a foreign invested company (hereinafter referred to as “FIC”) for software development in Vietnam. Therefore, we are grateful to set our legal services proposal for your...

Investor is a French company and want to establish a foreign invested company (Hereinafter referred to as “FIC”) for providing market research in Vietnam, SBLaw would like to provide some information as follows:

We understand that you would like us to advise on establishment of a Joint Stock Company in which 49% is owned by local partner and 51% is owned by foreign investor (hereinafter referred to as “FIC’) in Hanoi, Vietnam. We further understand that upon establishment, the FIC shall export agricultural...