Consultation on conditional business sectors for foreign investors

Question: Our company is a wholly foreign-owned enterprise and is currently planning to cooperate with a Vietnamese company to jointly invest in and operate a nursing home providing elderly care services. May I ask whether the current laws of Vietnam allow foreign companies to participate in this field?  Answer: According to Appendix I on the […]

Consultation on determining an employment contract

Question: I and Company A signed a Personal Service Contract in 2023. After the contract came into effect, I worked for Company A, received salary, and had insurance contributions during the entire time under the supervision and management of Company A. At the beginning of 2025, the Company dismissed me on the grounds that I […]

Consultation on division of property upon divorce

Question: Before marriage, my father gave me a car registered under my name. During the marriage, since I did not use the car, I leased it out and generated income from the lease. Now, upon divorce, my husband is requesting a share of the rental income. May I ask whether this request is legally recognized? […]

Consultation on bank loans secured by valuable papers

Question: Our company plans to borrow capital from the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) to invest in production and business. To secure the loan, the company intends to pledge all shares of the Vietnam Aircraft Leasing Joint Stock Company – an affiliated company of the Joint Stock Commercial Bank […]

Advisory on Capital Contribution with Assets

Question: I am preparing to establish a technology startup in Da Nang in the form of a joint-stock company, with 4 founding shareholders and a chartered capital of 1 billion VND. One shareholder wishes to contribute capital using intellectual property (a developed software). May I ask if contributing capital with non-cash assets is permitted? Answer: […]

Trademark Inquiry

Question: Could you work out the rates which you would charge us for trademark per class and additional class? Our company would like to commence

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Setup a manufacturing unit

Question: We are garment exporter from Thailand and want to set up a manufacturing unit in Vietnam in order to expand our business. Please advise

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MINING & QUARYING

GDP From Mining in Vietnam increased to 235921 VND Billion in the third quarter of 2016 from 148434 VND Billion in the second quarter of

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MANUFACTURING

With slowing economic growth and rising labor costs encroaching on the profitability of traditional Chinese manufacturing operations, Vietnam has a emerged as a destination of

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INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION

1. Overview Since the “Doi Moi” or Renovation were introduced in 1986, the Information and Communications sector has quickly affirmed its position in the soci-economic

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