Representative Office in Vietnam

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

Client: Dear Sir/Madam, I wish to open a Rep. Office in Hanoi. My company in India is 18 months old. Please let me know whether I can apply for setting up a Rep. Office. Also, please help me by providing me the following info - document required - what all documents need...

Foreign investor: I'm writing on a question of registering representative office of international company in Vietnam. We have international consulting company, registered on USA which is operating a year and we want to register representative office of it in Hanoi city. Can you please consult me on the following...

Question: Is the Representative Office (RO) a kind of legal entity ? What is main function of the Representative Office (RO)? Could you please also let us know the fees and requirements to set up the RO?

It is our understanding that your company intends to close its representative office in Vietnam, SBLaw can provide this legal service:

Investor: We are American corporation providing Immigration Services. As far as I can see on your website, we can open Rep Office in Ho Chi Minh and offer our services with one limitation - that the client have to pay to USA. Is that correct? Do we have to hire local...

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...

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

We understand that your company, (hereinafter referred to as “Client”) is now seeking legal advices for closing Representative Office in Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as “R.O”). We therefore are grateful to present you our Legal Services Proposal for your review and consideration. 1. PROCEDURES FOR CLOSING RO Under the Vietnam’s Decree...

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...