Legal service for the incorporation of the foreign invested company (FIC) in Vietnam is as follows:
1.The roadmap for the incorporation of the FIC for trading activities can be described in following steps as follows:
1.1.Preparing the application dossier: SBLAW shall collect necessary information and documents from you.
Upon receipt of necessary information and documents from client, we shall translate documents from English into Vietnamese and prepare the application dossier under the standard forms.
The initial drafted application dossier shall be sent to you for your comments.
Then, after updating the application dossier based on your comments, we shall obtain the preliminary comments from the competent authority and send the finalized application dossiers for you to sign and seal.
We anticipate that this phase shall be completed within 07 working days.
1.2.Submission of application dossier: Within 02 working days from receipt of duly signed and sealed application dossier, we shall submit the application dossier to the competent authority.
It shall take about 45 days from submission of application dossier to the competent authority for the provincial licensing authority to grant the Investment Certificate. In some case the process can be longer as it takes time to consult relevant Ministries such as Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Planning and Investment, and the Ministry of Finance.
1.3.Post licensing: Within 15 working days we shall complete the post licensing procedures such as publishing the FIC in News Paper, obtaining seal and tax code registration.
2. Legal service for setting up company in Vietnam
With regards to the establishment of FIC in Vietnam, our scope of work shall be as follows:
2.1.Preparation of the application documents:
– Notifying application documents required in accordance with Vietnamese law;
– Drafting application documents required for submission purpose;
– Liaising with Client to discuss the draft application documents;
– Amending the application documents based on your comments;
– Obtaining preliminary comments from the licensing authority on the draft application documents;
– Finalizing the application documents following comments from the licensing authority; and
– Translating the final version of the application documents into Vietnamese for execution.
2.2. Licensing procedures:
– Submitting the application dossier to the licensing authority on your behalf;
– Monitoring and following up with the relevant authorities on the approval process;
– Keeping you updated on the developments and additional requirements, if any; and
– Assisting you in obtaining the investment certificate.
2.3. Post-licensing procedures:
Upon the issuance of the investment certificate, the FIC shall be required to carry out immediate administrative procedures.
2. 4.Our services include:
Obtaining the seal of the FIC ;
Obtaining the FIC’s tax code; and
Placing an announcement on the establishment of the FIC in the newspaper.
