A deep understanding of the law is essential to ensuring success when investing in Vietnam. Before making your investment decision, let Van Phuc Loc Law Firm (VPL) provide you with an overview of key legal issues. Our legal advisory services and issuance of legal opinions are tailored to help you minimize risks and optimize benefits throughout the investment process.

With a team of highly experienced lawyers well-versed in Vietnamese and international laws, and proficient in English, Chinese, and Korean, VPL delivers professional and comprehensive legal consultancy services. We support foreign investors in overcoming legal challenges and achieving success in Vietnam.

LEGAL  ADVISORY SERVICES FOR PRE-INVESTMENT

Below is a description of the investment advisory services provided by VPL, including legal consultation and market research, covering three phases: investment preparation, project establishment, and operation.

Phase 1: Preparation (Optimizing the Investment Plan)

  1. Investor status consultation: Identify the appropriate legal status (individual or company) for investing in Vietnam, ensuring compliance with all legal requirements while optimizing tax liabilities.
  2. Selecting the optimal investment form: VPL recommends the most suitable investment structure for your needs, ranging from establishing a branch, representative office, or subsidiary to forming joint ventures, purchasing shares, or securities. We analyze the advantages and disadvantages of each option to help you choose the best solution aligned with your business strategy and tax optimization goals.
  3. Investment sector consultation: Ensure that your chosen investment sector complies with Vietnamese laws and international commitments to which Vietnam is a signatory.
  4. Consultation on investment capital & charter capital: Determine the appropriate levels of investment capital, charter capital, and ownership ratios in accordance with legal regulations. This enables you to efficiently allocate resources and maximize profitability.

Phase 2: Establishment (Supporting you every step of the way)

  1. Project location consultation: Identify suitable locations based on your business lines, from renting offices and factories to leasing land in industrial zones, acquiring land use rights, or purchasing construction assets such as factories. Our lawyers conduct legal due diligence on landlords and leased assets in accordance with land law, real estate business law, and housing law. Additionally, we draft lease agreements to safeguard the investor’s rights.
  2. Investment incentive consultation: Leverage maximum investment incentives available for business lines, preferential investment locations, and new projects within industrial zones.
  3. Labor law consultation: Develop labor policies, salary structures, insurance schemes, and welfare programs in compliance with the law, ensuring a professional working environment that attracts talent while minimizing labor disputes.

Phase 3: Operation (Supporting sustainable development)

  1. Tax law consultation: Optimize tax obligations and ensure full compliance with regulations on corporate income tax, VAT, import tax, excise tax, and personal income tax.
  2. Customs procedure consultation: Assist with import-export procedures and obtaining certificates of origin efficiently and promptly, helping you optimize your supply chain.
  3. Environmental, construction, and fire safety consultation: Ensure compliance with regulations on environmental protection, construction, and fire prevention, safeguarding sustainable business operations and mitigating environmental legal risks.
  4. Corporate governance & Legal compliance: Accompany you in operational management, ensuring all activities comply with Vietnamese laws, maintaining stable business operations, and fostering sustainable growth.

Your success is our mission. Contact VPL today for consultation and start your investment journey in Vietnam.

VPL offers flexibility with various consultation options

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Issuance of legal advisory documents

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Online consultation via virtual meeting platforms

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In-person consultation at VPL’s office

VPL service process

VPL and the client identify a number of issues that require a lawyer’s official opinion. VPL develops a legal service proposal letter showing the work items and scope of consultation, implementation time, service fees, and payment process.

VPL sends customers a legal service contract, the parties discuss the contract to ensure the rights of both parties. VPL issues documents requesting customers to pay service advances.

Depending on the client’s request for consultation, the lawyer performs work according to the Legal Service Contract. After completion, the parties sign the contract liquidation record and VPL sends a payment request document with a value-added tax invoice to the customer to pay the remaining service fee.

Customers who choose to invest in Vietnam, VPL will deploy location appraisal services for investment projects or company establishment services, capital purchases… VPL commits to having preferential service fee policies for customers.

Why investors choose VPL

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Experienced Lawyers

Our lawyers have many years of experience providing investment advisory services to foreign investors. They possess in-depth knowledge of both Vietnamese investment law and international legal frameworks.

Comprehensive advisory services

The firm offers comprehensive investment advisory services, including consultation on choosing the optimal investment structure, finding investment locations, investment procedures, business registration, taxes, customs, labor, environmental regulations, fire safety, and more.

Trusted by major corporations

The firm has extensive experience successfully advising numerous foreign investors. We have successfully provided consultancy services to many international investors, including several large and reputable global corporations investing in Vietnam.