Foreign Investment

  The report analyzes footfall data from over 2,000 non-essential retail stores across Viet Nam between January 2024 and July 2025, showing a strong market recovery after a difficult 2024. Overall market growth: +11.3% by July 2025. Main driver: Government actions against counterfeit and untaxed goods boosted legitimate retail performance. ...

Under Vietnam Law, foreign companies can either set up (i) Foreign Invested Company; (ii) Branch Office or (iii) Representative Office in order to expand its market to Vietnam. 1.Foreign Invested Company In Vietnam Foreign Invested Company (FIC) can be divided into two following forms: (i) Wholly Foreign Owned Company wherein Foreign...

Client: I want to open a school for teaching English and make it legal, pay taxes etc. I want to get a resident card and long term Visa. The building I live in has both commercial and residential, I would think it's zoned. Any way i don't have a...

SBLAW would like to provide some information about opening restaurants in Vietnam as follows:

Read more >> Foreign Investment Consulting in Vietnam

Question: I am contacting you because we have a new client interested to setup a manufacturing unit in Southeast Asia. North Vietnam, and in particular Dong Nai, is amongst the options we are currently considering. We are currently looking for a local partner who could assist us with such project. The...

Q: Do I need to rent a factory first, hire employees and to put the whole factory, or is this all done on the paper, for the authorities to evaluate? A: You do not need to rent a factory and hire employees for the authorities' evaluation. This is all done...

Question: I want to consult about establishment of the enterprise in Hanoi with 100% foreign capital. The activity of the company would be: 1. -Exporting and importing some consumer goods (namely, purchasing some certain types of agricultural products such as fresh vegetable, fruits then processed, canned or frozen for exporting abroad) -Manufacturing...

SBLAW would like to advise that from 1st July 2015, the procedure for foreign investment in Vietnam shall be changed. Accordingly, the procedure for setting up foreign invested company shall undergo two separate steps: - Step 1: Obtainment of Investment Certificate. The Law stipulates that it shall take about 20 working...