Inquiryon registering representative office in Hanoi and HCM City.

Question: I want to register rep office on behalf of our main company in UK Please let me know the cost in Hanoi and HCM. Please write us all costs related I need to spend to you. Do you have some other UKclients or clients from Western countries? How long I need to wait to […]

New regulation for setting up FDI company in Vietnam

Vietnam Goverment has jut adopted new law on Investment and Enterpise which became effective from 1st July 2015. Under the new law on Investment, the minimum time for setting up a foreign invested company shall be 20 days from submission of application dossier to the licensing authority. Under the old Investment Law, for setting up […]

Handling infringement of trademark in Vietnam

Vietnam handled infringement of trademark “Farmer Brand” owned by MEI HEONG YUEN FOOD INDUSTRIES (PTE) LTD (Singapore) in Vietnam. This is well known trademark in the word for the product of peanuts. Infringers of the trademark are Vietnamese company. The trademark Farmer is well known trademark in the world owned by famous Singapore Company. Enforcement […]

IP agent in Vietnam

IP agent in Vietnam

According to new statistics of NOIP in 2013, SBLAW is one of Vietnam IP agents having the largest number of trademark applications in Vietnam. IP agent in Vietnam SBLaw  provides  the  full  range  of  intellectual  property  services  covering  patent,  trademark, industrial design, copyright  and domain name, enforcement and commercial exploitation of  IP rights. Our  group  of  […]

Post licensing procedure for Representative office in Vietnam

After obtaining the Establishment License for the Representative Office (RO), RO  needs to implement the post-licensing procedure as follows: A. Tax Declaration Procedure: According to the applicable laws, the tax declaration procedure should be finished within 10 working days after obtaining the Establishment License for the Rep Office. Therefore, RO should prepare the following task […]

Conducting a patent clearance search in Vietnam

Conducting a patent clearance search in Vietnam

As the leading patent agent in Vietnam, SBLaw we can assist client with conducting a patent clearance search in Vietnam. The fee for such patent clearance search in Vietnam is totally dependent on the provided information of client. Since in each case, client should provide us the required information and then, SBLaw will provide the detail legal procedure, quotation for conducting this […]

Setting up a Microfinance institution in Vietnam

Under Vietnam Law, foreign investor can consider setting up a Microfinance institution in Vietnam. Regulation on organizational structure and operation of Microfinance institution in Vietnam is now under the progress of development. Up to the August of 2013, there were only two microfinance institutions established in Vietnam. In the year of 2014, Vietnam State Bank […]

Set up foreign company in Vietnam for providing freight forwarding services

In case the foreign investor would like to set up 100% owned foreign enterprise in Vietnam for providing freight forwarding services, we would like to advise as follows: Set up foreign company in Vietnam Under Vietnam Law, foreign investor is entitled to setup foreign owned company for providing freight forwarding services, i.e. (i) Marketing and […]

Rate of foreign worker/total employee in Vietnam company

According to the regulations stated in the Decree No. 102/2013/ND-CP detailing a number of articles of the Labor Code regarding foreign worker in Vietnam, there has been not any regulation on the rate of foreign worker / total employee in company. With regard to salary, in the licensing process of work permit, Vietnam company should declare […]