Checklist for establishment of foreign-invested company in Vietnam

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Starting your own business in a foreign country involves different legal procedures. Within this guide, we aim to simplify the legal process for you. Whether you’re a start-up, an investor, or a business professional looking to establish a foreign-invested company in Vietnam, this guide provides a detailed checklist outlining the essential steps and documents.

Please note that this is not a complete list for the entire registration process.

1. Required documents of foreign investor(s)

	Criteria	Documents
Legal status of investor(s)	Individual investor(s)	Passport of each investor(s)
	Corporate investor(s)	Incorporation certificate or equivalent document for each investor(s); Legal document including information of the representative who will sign on the investment application forms; and Decision of the investor assigning this person; Passport of each authorized representative(s).
Financial capacity		Audited financial statement of the last two fiscal year of each corporate investor(s); OR Confirmation letter of a commercial bank for each individual/corporate investor(s).

2. Required documents for the new company in Vietnam

Criteria

Documents

Headquarters of the Company

Lease agreement/Memorandum of Understanding signed by the investor(s)

Relevant legal documents of the land and assets attached to the land, and documents of the landlord
Ex: Certificate of land use rights and ownership of houses and other land-attached assets

Enterprise Registration Certificate of the lessor (if the owner is a company)

Other legal documents proving the rental right of the lessor toward the location (if the lessor is not the owner)

Legal representative(s) of the Company

ID card/Passport for Vietnamese legal representative(s)

Passport for foreign legal representative(s)

The article is based on laws applicable at the time noted as above and may no longer be appropriate at the time the reader approaches this article as the applicable laws and the specific cases that the reader may wish to apply may have changed. Therefore, the article is for referencing only.