Foreign Investment

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...

We would like to provide legal advices on possibilities of registration of wholly foreign invested company in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as “NewCo”) in field of exporting stones as follows:

To start a business in Vietnam, foreign investor (client) is advised to comprehensively understand about the formality and function of entity that going to be formed according to Vietnam Investment Law.

SBLAW would like to attach herewith our guideline on Vietnam Investment for foreign investor's reference. In this guidline, we mention about the investment environment in Vietnam, how to set up company in Vietnam, taxation in Vietnam and other legal matters.

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...

1.From 1st July 2015, the new Enterprise Law and Investment Law shall become effective. Under the current law, for setting up a foreign invested company, you shall need only Investment Certificate cum Certificate of Business Registration. However, from 1st July 2015, two above said Certificate shall be separated. Particularly, after obtainment of...

Question: We are now desiring to set up a Subsidiary Company in Republic of the Union of Myanmar (hereinafter referred to as“Myanmar”) in the field of environmental technical service (hereinafter referred to as “Subsidiary”), please advise legal procedure? Answen: SBLAW would like to advise as follows: 1.OUR PRELIMINARY COMMENT 1.1.            CONDITIONS TO...

About the service fee, our fee shall be based on the actual time our lawyer work on the service(s) for which we have been retained. Our Lawyer keep track their time in minutes to the nearest 10 minutes and record their time daily. Time record notations are made for any...

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...