Question: I am a English teacher from USA and am now thinking of starting a small, online English Language Service company in the USA to provide English language services to Vietnamese and Asian students and companies.
To start with, I am planning to hire a teacher in the USA but if the number of clients in Vietnam grows as I expect, I may hire teachers in Vietnam.
I am looking for legal advice on what my USA company needs to do in Vietnam, if anything, to be able to repatriate client fees for services the USA company will provide.
Will you be able to advise on how best to do this?
Answer: I understand that you already established an online English Company in USA. Then, you would like us to advise on how to repatriate client fees from Vietnam for services the USA company will provide.
Vietnam Law is silent on whether it allow foreign company to provide education service cross border or not. According to Vietnam-WTO Commitment, Vietnam Government does not commit to open for foreign company to provide education service cross border.
According to our practice, we noted that there are several foreign entities providing online course to Vietnamese Customers. The matter here is that customer shall have to pay fees for obtaining right to attend online courses. However, please note that, in Vietnam, commercial bank shall strictly check transactions for rendering money oversea. Then, almost customers prefer paying money through online payment method such as paypal etc.
However, if your Vietnamese Customers rapidly grow up, you should consider setting up a training company in Vietnam. This shall much protect you as your customers can be banned from accessing into your website by the government for the security.
