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Planning a Foreign-Owned Company in Vietnam? Check Market Access Before You File.
Vietnam can allow 100% foreign ownership for eligible activities, but the setup path depends on the proposed business lines, market-access conditions, project capital, location, legal representative, licensing exposure and whether an Investment Registration Certificate (IRC) is required before the Enterprise Registration Certificate (ERC).
Start with a Vietnam Company Fit Review: tell us what the business will do, who will invest, your proposed capital and preferred city. We will help identify the ownership, IRC/ERC, address, banking and compliance questions that should be resolved before you commit.
Page reviewed: 14 September 2026
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Commercial advisory and coordination. We do not issue Vietnamese government documents.
Review the actual business activity, ownership and project before deciding the filing path.
Authorities, licensing bodies and banks make their own independent decisions.
WHY REVIEW FIRST
A Vietnam Company Setup Starts With Market Access — Not Just an ERC
For a foreign investor, the important question is whether the intended activity is open to the proposed ownership and whether the investment project, capital, address, legal representative, licences and post-registration obligations fit together.
1. Market Access & Ownership
Review whether the proposed business lines permit the intended foreign ownership and whether sector-specific conditions or approvals may apply.
2. IRC / ERC Pathway
Determine whether the project needs an Investment Registration Certificate before the Enterprise Registration Certificate or whether a different route applies.
3. Legal Representative & Address
Plan how the Vietnam-resident legal-representative requirement and eligible headquarters address will be satisfied before filing or signing a lease.
4. Capital, Banking & Compliance
Align credible project capital, capital contribution, bank onboarding, tax activation, electronic invoicing, accounting and annual compliance.
CLEAR RESPONSIBILITIES
What Vietnamese Authorities Do — and What UnionSPACE Does
UnionSPACE provides private professional support. Government authorities remain responsible for official registrations, licences, tax administration and investment approvals, while banks independently control account onboarding.
- Set foreign-investment, enterprise-registration, tax and sector requirements.
- Determine whether IRC, ERC, investment-policy approval or sector licences are required.
- Issue or control official registrations, certificates, licences and tax administration.
- Assess, verify, approve, query or reject applications according to their procedures.
- Banks separately decide account-opening applications, KYC and attendance requirements.
- Explain the market-entry considerations relevant to the proposed activity.
- Review foreign ownership, project capital, location, legal representative and business-address assumptions.
- Prepare a practical IRC/ERC, licensing and post-registration roadmap.
- Coordinate documents, legalization/translation requirements and local professional parties within the agreed scope.
- Provide address, banking-readiness, accounting, tax and recurring compliance support where applicable.
Prefer to consult official Vietnam information directly?
Businesses may consult official Vietnamese government information and procedures directly. UnionSPACE's professional fees, when engaged, are for private advisory and commercial support and are separate from government or third-party charges unless expressly stated in a written proposal.
Official starting points from the source page: Vietnam Investment Promotion Agency foreign-invested company procedure and the official Enterprise Law 2020 record.
HOW WE WORK
Start With Fit. Then Build the IRC / ERC and Launch Roadmap.
A consultation-first process helps avoid committing to a structure, lease or capital plan before market access and project requirements are understood.
Vietnam Company Fit Review
We review the activity, investors, ownership, proposed capital, project location, legal representative and headquarters-address plan.
IRC / ERC Roadmap
We identify the likely investment-registration, enterprise-registration, licensing and document/legalization pathway for the proposed project.
Optional Launch Support
If you proceed, we can scope private support for filings coordination, address, banking preparation, capital contribution, tax activation, accounting and ongoing compliance.
INVESTOR FIT
When a Vietnam Foreign-Owned LLC Usually Deserves Serious Consideration
Often Relevant When You Plan To
- Establish a defined operating activity and local headquarters in Vietnam.
- Build a long-term Vietnam operation with credible project capital.
- Hire staff, contract locally, open accounts or conduct regulated business through a Vietnam entity.
- Need a structured foreign-investment route rather than only market testing.
Review the Structure Carefully When
- The activity may be conditional, restricted or subject to special licences.
- The project may require investment-policy approval or specialist sector approvals.
- The headquarters property has not yet been checked for eligibility.
- Capital, banking, legal-representative or staffing arrangements are not yet practical.
DOCUMENT READINESS
Typical Investor Documents to Prepare
The exact dossier varies by investor jurisdiction, ownership route, activity and authority. The source page separates the core evidence for individual and corporate investors.
Individual Investors
- Passport and identity details in the required notarized or legalized form.
- Evidence of financial capacity, such as bank confirmation or another accepted form.
- Project details, proposed activities, capital, location and implementation plan.
Corporate Investors
- Certificate of incorporation, charter and authority documents, legalized and translated as required.
- Authorized-signatory and ultimate-beneficial-owner documents.
- Evidence of financial capacity, commonly recent financial statements or another accepted form.
PRIVATE CASE REVIEW & PLANNING
Start With a Written Vietnam Setup Recommendation Before You Commit to Implementation
Before committing to an IRC/ERC route, capital, a headquarters address, legal-representative arrangements or banking, we first review the project and map the most suitable Vietnam market-entry path.
Vietnam Private Case Review & Planning
This is a paid private advisory engagement with UnionSPACE. It is not a government fee, filing fee, licence fee, tax payment, immigration fee or bank charge, and it does not purchase or guarantee any government, authority or bank approval.
Advisory fee for the case review, planning analysis and written recommendation report.
- Detailed situation review: understand the investors, business activities, project location, capital, legal-representative plan, headquarters requirements, staffing and expected banking flows.
- Practical ability & eligibility review: assess foreign-ownership and market-access conditions, IRC/ERC route, sector licences, capital credibility, address eligibility and legal-representative requirements.
- Objective mapping: identify the commercial and operating objectives of the Vietnam entity, including local contracting, hiring, invoicing, import/export, tax and banking needs.
- Route and readiness analysis: map the likely investment-registration, enterprise-registration, address, capital, tax, licensing and bank-onboarding workstreams and identify material dependencies.
- Written recommendation report: provide UnionSPACE's recommended way forward, suggested setup route, implementation sequence, principal assumptions and matters to confirm before filing.
THB 20,000 can be credited if you proceed with UnionSPACE
If you proceed with UnionSPACE for the recommended implementation, the THB 20,000 case-review fee can be applied as a credit against UnionSPACE's own professional service fees. The credit does not apply to government, licensing, tax, banking, address, legalization, translation or other third-party charges unless expressly agreed in writing.
UnionSPACE is a private advisory provider. This review is intended to help the client make an informed commercial decision before engaging implementation services. Government authorities, regulators and financial institutions independently determine registration, licensing, tax, immigration and bank-account outcomes.
PRIVATE PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT
One Advisory Team Across the Vietnam Setup Workstreams
Once the structure is considered suitable, the engagement can be scoped around the private support the project actually needs.
Market Access, IRC & ERC
Business-line review, project structuring, document checklist, legalization/translation coordination and IRC/ERC application support within scope.
Address & Local Operating Support
Eligible business-address support and practical local operating arrangements, subject to the registered activity, property and service terms.
Banking Readiness
Application preparation and introductions for capital and operating accounts. Banks control KYC, attendance requirements and final approval.
Accounting & Compliance
Capital-contribution planning, tax activation, electronic invoicing, bookkeeping, applicable tax filings and annual compliance support within scope.
FAQ
Vietnam Company Setup Advisory FAQs
Practical questions foreign investors often ask before proceeding with a Vietnam company.
Official Vietnam Information Sources
For official information, consult the Vietnam Investment Promotion Agency foreign-invested company procedure and the official Enterprise Law 2020 record referenced in the source page.
Information on this page is general and is intended to explain UnionSPACE's private advisory service. It does not constitute legal, tax, investment, licensing, banking or immigration advice. Requirements and authority practices can change. Obtain case-specific advice before acting.
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Start with the actual business activity, investors, proposed capital, preferred location and legal-representative plan—not with a generic incorporation promise.
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