Representative Office in Vietnam

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.

Representative Office is an option for Foreign Investor who wishes to conduct market research, trade promotion etc in Vietnam. Depending on business sector of the parent companies abroad, conditions and procedure for setting up representative office in Vietnam may be different. Up to now, Vietnam Law only stipulate conditions and procedures...

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:

Investor: Dear sir, We are textile group company engaged in cotton ,cotton yarn ,fabric and garment business. we started to develop vietnam market 3 year ago, and now our company want to establish a agency in vietnam .. so can you give me some advice !? Expect to have your...

Q: We – Singapore Company established a representative office in Da Nang City, who asked if we know a law firm to recommend for closing the representative office. We would appreciate it very much should you be so kind to advise if your firm handles this type of work, how...

SBLAW would like to introduce the legal procedure for etting up a representative office in Ho Chi Minh City of Japan company as follows:

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...

Question: 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 future….if so at...

Question: Our company opened representative office in Vietnam, could SBLAW send us the quotation for these services of post-licensing procedure? Answen: Regarding your request, S&B Law hereby would like to charge 200USD (exclusive of 10% VAT) for covering the following tasks: 1) Declaration on Initial Personal Income Tax Procedure; 2) Registration of...

Question: Our company want to employ one people in Vietnam for liaison/ seeking business opportunity. Is it necessary for us to set up a RO for this purpose? What are the details we need to beware if we need to set up a RO/hiring people(i.e. employment contract(MOLISA), tax issues (Personal Income...