Foreign Investment

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

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...

Q: We are a English engineering service enterprise and are planning to establish a small engineering service enterprise (Co., Ltd.) in Dong Nai. Therefore, we would like to ask you, if you can consult us to apply an investment licence and to register the enterprise. We appreciate to receive your...

The establishment of a Foreign invested company (FIC) in Vietnam requires an Investment Certificate from the licensing authority. Depending upon the location of the company, the licensing authority may be the Provincial People’s Committee (for companies located outside industrial or export processing zones) or the provincial Industrial and Export...

Q: We are a supply company in Singapore servicing the offshore industry. Several of our clients have vessel, rigs or projects in Vietnam using Bac Ninh as a base, with this in mind we are exploring the possibilities to open a service branch in Bac Ninh province and seek...

Foreign investor: We are USA company and have operations globally and are currently examining the potential of the Vietnamese market for our company. At this point we are interested in finding out about registering a subsidiary company in Vietnam, either a sales office or production facility as well. Can you...

On June 30, 2021, The Ministry of Finance issued Circular 51/2021/TT-BTC Guiding the obligations of organizations and individuals in foreign investment activities on the Vietnamese stock market. Circular 51/2021/BT-BTC has the following relevant amendments: 1. Adjusting regulated entity Economic organizations with foreign investors holding more than 50% of charter capital instead of...

Question: We would like to know the possibilities of opening a company in Vietnam. We want to do trading between Vietnam and USA We would like to understand the rules and regulations for setting up a RO or a trading company Answer: We understand that you required us to advise on...

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

I.Legal framework for setting up Foreign Invested Company for importing Chicken Thigh into Vietnam.