How Foreigners Could Apply for Residence Permits to Stay in Vietnam from 2022?

 It is important to make sure visa matches purpose of entrance to Vietnam. Immigration lawyer in Vietnam could help validate and advise.In the current process of industrialization and international integration, it is common for foreigners to reside and work in Vietnam permanently or temporarily. In order to legally reside in Vietnam, a foreigner must be eligible to be granted a permanent residence card or a temporary residence card in accordance with Vietnam immigration law.Temporary residence card in VietnamTemporary residence card is...

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Change of Headquarter of Da Nang Immigration Department

     As of August 2018, according to the project for rearranging the administrative function of the Government and the Ministry of Public Security, Immigration Department of Da Nang has been merged into Immigration Department of Hanoi. Therefore, the procedures related to entry, exit of Vietnamese citizens and foreigners such as issuing visa, exempting visa, temporary residence card, permanent residence in Da Nang shall be implemented in Immigration Department of Hanoi.Relating to the dossier and procedures carried out at the...

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Temporary Residence Card in Vietnam

 If a foreigner have been sponsored work permit in Vietnam to work or he/she decides to set up a company in Vietnam, he/she could be granted temporary residence card to live in Vietnam instead of applying and re-newing business or travel visas every three months.We detail here some procedures which help foreigners to prepare for before applying for temporary residence card.I. Subjects to be granted temporary residence card:Members of foreign representative agencies and their accompanying relatives (father, mother, wife,...

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Transfer of Investment Projects in Vietnam

     Under the current Law on Investment, investors are entitled to transfer part or all of the project to another investor when satisfied the specific conditions and conducting to procedure of project adjustment under the regulation of law.The conditions of project transfer-The project is not terminated in the cases as prescribed in Clause 1 Article 48 of Law on investment;-Investment conditions applied to foreign investors are satisfied -in case the foreign investor receives a project of investment in conditional business lines;-Regulations...

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Foreign Investment

 Our foreign investment practice at ANT Lawyers helps clients with the following:Transactional structuring license: Advising on the possibility for foreign investors to obtain an investment in Vietnam and the selection of an appropriate investment vehicle in Vietnam such as a business co-operation contract, a joint venture company or to set up a company in Vietnam as a wholly foreign owned company.Licensing requirements: drafting and negotiating all documents required for obtaining an investment license for a foreign investment project, following...

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Law firm in Ho Chi Minh City

    ANT Lawyers, a English speaking law firm in Ho Chi Minh City is located in the business center that provides convenient access to our clients.ANT Lawyers works with corporate and individual clients from across the sectors and offers a true spectrum of legal expertise, both contentious and non-contentious. The range of our experience enables us to advise on various matters from the precedent-setting to the purely procedural.The common thread in everything we do is our ability to combine both commercial and legal perspectives....

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Law Firms in Da Nang

 ANT Lawyers, the English speaking law firms in Da Nang is located in the business center that provides convenient access to our clients.The office is represented by lawyers whom are local of Hoi An covering Da Nang, Hoi An, Hue and other central provinces.The common thread in everything we do is our ability to combine both commercial and legal perspectives. This means our clients can rest assured that, whatever the case or transaction, our English speaking lawyers have the experience to deliver legal advice and service that works...

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Law Firm in Hanoi

      ANT Lawyers, the English speaking law firm in Hanoi is located in the business center that provides convenient access to our clients.ANT Lawyers works with corporate and individual clients from across the sectors and offers a true spectrum of legal expertise, both contentious and non-contentious. The range of our experience enables us to advise on various matters from the precedent-setting to the purely procedural.The common thread in everything we do is our ability to combine both commercial and legal perspectives. This...

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What Foreign Investors Should Know When Setting up company in Vietnam in 2022?

     In the period of global economic integration, especially Post-Covid-19 era, Vietnam – a developing country is considered one of the countries with potential markets that foreign investors choose to establish the business here taking advantage of the government policy to promote the economy i.e. “new normal” adaption living with Covid-19, quick opening of border allowing tourists to visit Vietnam since Apr 2022, tax reduction, public investment increase…Whom can set up business in Vietnam?First, the objects allowed to establish...

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How to Register a Birth for a Child between Vietnamese and Foreigner in 2022?

 Birth registration for children with foreign elements shall be carried out at the competent district-level People’s Committees. Cases of birth with foreign elements based on the Law on Civil Status 2014 include children born abroad who have not yet been registered for birth and reside in Vietnam; if the child is born in Vietnam, one parent is a Vietnamese citizen and the other is a foreigner or stateless person; one parent is a Vietnamese citizen residing in the country and the other is a Vietnamese citizen residing abroad; father and...

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How to Invest, Do Business and Reside in Vietnam in 2022?

         With economic opening policies, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic, Vietnam is an attractive destination for foreign investors. Accordingly, the number of foreign investors in Vietnam is constantly increasing. In order to create favorable conditions for individual investors with direct capital investment or representatives of foreign organizations investing in Vietnam to live, work, Vietnam has policies, suitable for each type of investor in being granted temporary residence cards in Vietnam.Investors...

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What Conditions to File Divorce Petition?

 Divorce means termination of the husband and wife relation under a court’s legally effective judgment or decision. Divorce lawyers in Vietnam will help advise if there are legal grounds to file for divorce in Vietnam or not.What is the condition of divorce?Firstly, we need to know about subjects being entitled to request divorce settlement.That is husband or wife or both having the right to request divorce settlement from a Court; a parent or other relatives has the right to request divorce settlement from a Court when the spouse...

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How to Close a Business in Vietnam

     All corporations, companies, partnerships, branch offices, representative offices and other business entities are legal entities in Vietnam which can only be dissolved through formal procedures.I. What are the major challenges with closing a business in Vietnam?The main thing to remember throughout the process is that the dissolving company, a branch office or a representative office, one should pay close attention to the involvement of all key stakeholders, i.e. the employees, customers, creditors, business partners and...

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What Are Challenges in Debt Recovery Litigation Procedures for Enterprise?

 Lawyers at debt recovery law firms in Vietnam could provide solutionsIn the operation of the enterprises, the arising of bad debts could be unavoidable. However, in order to be able to file lawsuit and collect debts and minimize bad debts in practice, there are still many difficulties. Currently, the process of debt recovery according to the provisions of the law still encounter many problems and shortcomings, while enterprises need more effective solutions to recover debts fully and quickly in order to ensure revenue and financial...

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What Foreign Investors Should Consider in Making Investment in Conditional Areas?

      In the context of integration and globalization, the number of foreign investors whom wish to make investment and establish business in Vietnam has increased due to the attractiveness of the growing middle class population, availability of skilled resources, and Vietnam openness policies. To register a business in Vietnam, however, foreign investors must meet the requirements of Vietnam and international treaties to which Vietnam is a party.Firstly, the field in which foreign investors wish to conduct business...

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How to Name a Child on Birth Certificate Under Vietnam Law?

 Name is the most basic element to identify and distinguish individuals. However, the naming must follow the provisions of law to be recorded on the birth certificate and be legally valid. This issue is stipulated by the Civil Code, Law on Civil Status, Decree No. 123/2015/ND-CP and Circular No. 04/2020/TT-BTP.The Civil Code has affirmed the right to have family and given names as follows: “Each natural person has right to have a family name and a given name (including a middle name, if any). The family and given names of a person...

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What Makes Application for Work Permit in Vietnam Challenging After Covid?

      Given international integration and the needs of the Vietnamese labor market, the number of foreigners working in our country is increasing. In order to ensure the stability of the labor market and the management of competent authorities, the Labor Code requires foreigners to have a work permit, except in some special cases. After the Covid pandemic, the work permit application has gradually been normalized again. However, foreign workers still face some difficulties in the process of applying for a work permit.Firstly,...

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