| CLICK HERE TO READ OUR VIETNAM CLIENT CASE STUDIES |
|---|
| Vietnam Company Formation |
|
|||||
Vietnam company formation is challenging for foreign investors because of complex licensing procedures. That said, economic reforms are attracting foreign, export-orientated manufacturing industries. Healy Consultants offers a complete Vietnam company formation service. The following information will help you determine whether Vietnam company formation is the optimum corporate structure to fulfill your international business objectives: |
||||||
| Advantages of Vietnam Company Formation | ||||||
| 1. | Vietnam company formation assists our clients to legitimately conduct business in Vietnam with 100% foreign ownership. For more information, visit our Vietnam 100% foreign-owned company page. |
|||||
| 2. | A Vietnam Joint Venture is an excellent way for foreign investors to gain ready access to local markets. For more information, visit our Vietnam Joint Venture page. |
|||||
| 3. | A representative office is a cost-effective way for global companies to create a market presence in Vietnam. For more information, visit our Vietnam Representative Office page. |
|||||
| 4. | Vietnam joined the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in January 2007, obliging it to reform its legal system, strengthen intellectual property rights protection and lift trade barriers. |
|||||
| 5. | Vietnam company formation requires a minimum of one director, who need not be resident in Vietnam. |
|||||
| 6. | There are no minimum capital requirements with Vietnam company formation. |
|||||
| 7. | Following Vietnam company formation, Healy Consultants can open a corporate bank account with one of the world's leading retail banks, including HSBC, Standard Chartered and Citibank.
|
|||||
| 8. | Healy Consultants can obtain residence visas for foreign employees following Vietnam company formation. |
|||||
| Disadvantages of Vietnam Company Formation | ||||||
| 1. | All Vietnamese companies, with the exception of a representative office, pay corporation tax of 28%. Following Vietnam company formation, all foreign-invested companies are required to submit annual audited financial statements. |
|||||
| 2. | Vietnam company formation is complex, and this is reflected in Vietnam's low ranking of 93rd in the World Bank's Doing Business 2010 Survey. The survey measures factors including business start up procedures, time, cost and minimum capital required to start a business. |
|||||
| 3. | Vietnam is negatively ranked as the world's 144th freest economy in the Heritage Organisation’s 2010 Index of Economic Freedom, a measure of freedom enjoyed in business, trade, monetary, financial, investment and labour markets. |
|||||
| 4. | Examples of the challenges of Vietnam company formation include i) to obtain a Vietnam branch office license, the foreign company must have been in operation for three years ii) all foreign documents must be translated into Vietnamese and notarised by a Vietnamese state notary or Vietnamese embassy or consulate. For more information, visit our Branch Office page. |
|||||
| 5. | Vietnam suffers from a poor international business reputation. For example, Vietnam is negatively perceived as the world's 120th least corrupt country in the 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International, a global measure of corruption amongst public officials and politicians. |
|||||
| 6. | A minimum of two shareholders is required with Vietnam company formation. |
|||||
| 7. | Vietnam is negatively ranked 75th in the Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010, by the World Economic Forum, one of the world’s most comprehensive and respected assessment of countries’ competitiveness, offering invaluable insights into the policies, institutions, and factors driving productivity. |
|||||
| Contact Us | ||||||
For more information on Vietnam company formation, contact email@healyconsultants.com or call us at (+65) 6735 0120. |
||||||
| Back to Asia Pacific Company Incorporation page or back to Home page. | ||||||
Buy the Vietnam chapter of Healy Consultants' Asia Business Set Up book, to order call +65 6735 0120 or e-mail info@healyconsultants.com
|
||||||
|
||||||
|
VIETNAM NEWS |
||
|---|---|---|
Hatoyama to Solicit Vietnam’s Dung for Nuclear Plant Contract |
||
| © 2003 Healy Consultants Pte Ltd | ASIA COMPANY SET UP SERVICES |