Setting up a representative office (RO) is often the fastest way for a foreign company to get a foothold in Vietnam without the cost of a full company. What catches many parent companies off guard is what comes after: an RO carries a recurring set of legal duties, and missing them creates headaches that follow […]

Hiring your first employee in Vietnam involves more than writing an offer letter. Vietnam’s Labor Code applies the same way to a five-person startup as it does to a multinational, and foreign companies who skip the paperwork usually find out the hard way, through a labor inspection or a back-payment demand from the social insurance […]

Vietnam has no digital nomad visa. That fact shapes almost every decision a remote worker makes here, so it comes first, before anything else. What Vietnam does have is a set of ordinary visa categories that remote workers combine to build a long stay, and this guide walks through which ones actually work, what each […]

Vietnam rewrote its rules for foreign workers in August 2025, and 2026 is the first full year those rules run end to end. Decree 219/2025/ND-CP replaced Decree 152/2020 and Decree 70/2023, folded two separate approvals into one online application, and gave the authorities a firm ten working day deadline to respond. A process that used […]

A hot desk gives you any open seat in a shared workspace on the day you show up. A dedicated desk reserves the same spot for you every day. That one difference drives most of what follows, from what you pay to how you store your gear to how settled you feel each morning. This […]

District 7 has turned into one of the more popular places to base a business in Ho Chi Minh City, and most of that pull comes from Phu My Hung. The area is clean and organized, the buildings meet international standards, and the rents sit well under District 1. Put those together and an office […]

Ho Chi Minh City has more coworking spaces than ever, and picking the right one comes down to a handful of practical factors rather than guesswork. The city saw roughly a 20 percent jump in coworking supply through 2024, going by market reporting from Vietnam Investment Review, so you have plenty of choice and plenty […]