(Key Takeaways from the Executive Symposium: “Vietnam – Beyond The First Mile” co-organized by SB Law, Standard Chartered Bank, and Sumitomo Corporation) 2026 marks a transformative advancement in Vietnam’s institutional framework with the synchronized implementation of the Law on Investment 2025, the Hague Apostille Convention, the DPPA mechanism, and a digitalized risk-based tax administration system. […]

Question: Our company is a foreign-invested enterprise in Vietnam. We are planning an ownership restructuring, whereby the foreign investor will transfer their entire capital contribution to Vietnamese shareholders (or reduce their ownership ratio to 50% or below). Under the provisions of Circular No. 38/2026/TT-NHNN, in which cases is an FDI enterprise mandatorily required to close […]

Question: A parent company in Vietnam intends to lend a sum of capital in US Dollars (USD) to its subsidiary in Hong Kong (an enterprise with the parent company’s capital contribution in the form of direct investment). What are the procedures, steps, and necessary documents required to carry out this loan?   Answer: Conditions for […]

Question: Our company is preparing to establish a foreign-invested economic organization in Vietnam to implement a technology project. During this investment preparation phase, we incur various lawful expenses and need to receive capital from foreign investors for payment. May we open an investment capital account and transfer capital contributions into such account prior to the […]

Question I am the owner of a business and have registered a trademark for my products. Recently, I discovered that another party has been using a sign similar to my trademark on its products and packaging. Would this constitute an infringement of my trademark rights? Answer: 1/ Concept of trademark: Pursuant to clause 16 Article […]