Representative Office in Vietnam

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:

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SBLAW would like to mention about the difference between Branch and R.O in Vietnam as follows:

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...

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...

Under Vietnam Law, foreign company can also establish the Branch Office to carry out business activities in Vietnam. However, this form is not very popular in practice except for branch office of foreign law firms, foreign bank and insurance company. With respect to the foreign trade companies and foreign tourist companies,...

Client: Dear Sir/Madam, Our company is interested in opening a rep office in VN. The purpose of this rep office is to research the VN market and identify potential supplying sources for our products. We are in the Fiber Optic components manufacturing. We have the following questions which we hope you would be...

The foreign company must: - Being recognized as a legal entity by countries or territories of business registration;

Representative Office (R.O) needs to submit in writing the annual report to Department of Industry and Trade by January 30th, 2015.  (Article 19, Decree no. 72/2006/ND-CP detailing the Trade Law's regulation on Rep.Office, Branch of foreign businesses in Vietnam provided that, prior to the final working day of January, R.O has to report...

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...