Closing a representative office in Vietnam takes more than sending a notice to the authorities. Between tax finalization, employee settlements, and paperwork submitted to two separate agencies, the process can stretch from a few weeks to over a month if anything is out of order. Many foreign companies use a representative office as their first […]

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 […]