A serviced office in Vietnam costs more per square metre, yet asks for almost nothing upfront and lets you leave on short notice. A traditional office lease costs less per square metre, but ties you to a three-to-five-year contract and a large fit-out bill before anyone sits down. For teams of up to around 20 […]
To set up a branch office in Vietnam, your parent company needs at least five years of operating history, business activities that Vietnam has opened to foreign companies, and a real office address in the province where the branch will operate. Once the application file is complete, the licensing authority reviews it within about seven […]
Foreign companies entering Vietnam usually run into the same question early on. Do you register a representative office or a branch office? The two structures look alike at first glance. Both let a foreign company operate under Vietnamese law without setting up a fully separate local entity. The similarities stop there once you look at […]
District 2 and Thao Dien have become the go-to base for founders, freelancers, and remote teams who want a workspace close to where they actually live. The area sits across the river from downtown Saigon, but Metro Line 1 and a fast-growing business scene have turned it into a work hub in its own right. This […]
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 […]
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