Law Firm Providing Comprehensive Legal Services in Vietnam
An Law Vietnam | Vietnam International Law Firm
An Law Vietnam – Vietnam International Law Firm is an international law firm based in Vietnam, specializing in the provision of comprehensive, in-depth, and personalized legal services for domestic clients and foreign nationals living, working, and investing in Vietnam.
In our professional practice, we have observed that the majority of legal risks faced by foreigners do not arise from intentional violations of the law, but rather from differences in legal systems, language barriers, cultural distinctions, and misunderstandings of administrative procedures in Vietnam. Many matters that initially appear straightforward may, without proper legal advice, escalate into prolonged disputes, financial losses, or even criminal exposure.
With a team of lawyers possessing extensive practical experience and in-depth knowledge of Vietnamese law and international standards, we provide legal solutions that are not only compliant with the law but also aligned with the business, cultural, and personal context of each foreign client in Vietnam.
With a spirit of sincere professional experience-sharing, this article reflects common legal issues frequently encountered by foreigners in Vietnam, from the perspective of practitioners who directly handle hundreds of cases each year—without theory or embellishment—allowing readers to fully appreciate the complexity of legal issues in practice.
From corporate advisory, labor, and immigration matters to litigation, criminal defense, and family law, An Law Vietnam | Vietnam International Law Firm accompanies clients throughout their entire legal journey in Vietnam.
LEGAL SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUAL CLIENTS
Litigation Representation | Criminal Defense Lawyers
An Law Vietnam – Criminal Law Firm provides specialized litigation representation and criminal defense services, maximizing the protection of the lawful rights and interests of individual clients at all stages of legal proceedings. With extensive practical experience before the Courts and procedural authorities, our lawyers develop clear, rigorous, and case-specific legal strategies.
In the criminal field, foreign nationals often face significant risks due to an incomplete understanding of their procedural rights. Cases involving narcotics, economic crimes, smuggling, public disorder offenses, or the criminalization of civil and commercial disputes are not uncommon. The involvement of legal counsel from the earliest stages is a decisive factor affecting the outcome of a case.
We represent clients in criminal cases, civil disputes, property disputes, claims for damages, and matters involving foreign elements. In criminal cases, An Law Vietnam lawyers participate from the investigation and prosecution stages through trial, ensuring that the right to silence, the right to defense, and the principle of presumption of innocence are respected.
For foreign clients in Vietnam, we place particular emphasis on language, cultural factors, and procedural requirements, enabling clients to clearly understand their rights and obligations within the Vietnamese legal system.
Our services focus on practical solutions, confidentiality, and the minimization of legal risks, providing peace of mind in complex and sensitive legal situations.
Family Lawyers
An Law Vietnam – Family Law Firm is built upon a solid foundation of legal expertise combined with a deep understanding of the psychological and emotional aspects involved in matrimonial and family matters. We provide comprehensive legal advisory and representation services in divorce cases, child custody disputes, maintenance obligations, division of marital and separate assets, and disputes arising from marital and family relationships.
With a people-centered approach, An Law Vietnam consistently prioritizes the lawful rights and interests of clients, particularly the best interests of children. Our lawyers assist clients in fully assessing their legal rights and obligations, formulating appropriate solutions that minimize emotional trauma and long-term legal consequences following divorce.
For divorce cases involving foreign elements, An Law Vietnam maintains a team of lawyers with extensive experience in handling concurrent legal issues in Vietnam and matters governed by international law. We advise and represent clients on jurisdictional issues, recognition and enforcement of judgments, cross-border child custody, maintenance, and division of assets involving foreign elements, ensuring compliance with Vietnamese law and relevant international treaties.
An Law Vietnam – Family Law Firm serves not only as legal representatives before competent authorities but also as trusted legal companions during sensitive stages of life. We prioritize mediation and negotiation to minimize conflict, costs, and stress, resorting to litigation only when absolutely necessary to protect our clients’ lawful rights.
Real Estate Advisory
An Law Vietnam – Real Estate Law Firm provides comprehensive legal advisory services in real estate for individuals and investors, both domestic and international, engaging in transactions involving the purchase, transfer, lease, donation, and inheritance of real estate in Vietnam. With in-depth expertise in land law, housing law, and real estate business regulations, we ensure that all transactions are conducted safely, transparently, and in full compliance with applicable laws.
For domestic individual clients, An Law Vietnam conducts legal due diligence to verify the legal status of properties, including land use rights, house ownership, zoning, mortgages, distraint, and other legal restrictions. We assist in drafting and reviewing sale and purchase agreements, transfer contracts, lease agreements, deposit agreements, and related documents, and represent clients in negotiations to maximize the protection of their lawful rights and interests throughout the transaction process.
For foreign nationals and Overseas Vietnamese, An Law Vietnam provides specialized advisory services on housing ownership conditions, land use rights, and legal limitations under Vietnamese law. We assess the legality and feasibility of projects, analyze contractual terms, payment methods, and legal relationships between developers, intermediaries, and buyers, ensuring that clients receive clear and transparent advice prior to making investment decisions.
An Law Vietnam’s real estate legal services help clients effectively prevent disputes, mitigate risks relating to properties lacking legal eligibility or subject to distraint, and ensure long-term security and efficiency in all real estate transactions in Vietnam.
LEGAL SERVICES FOR ENTERPRISES
Labor Advisory
An Law Vietnam – Labor Consulting Law Firm provides in-depth legal advisory services in labor and employment, assisting enterprises in establishing and managing labor relations in compliance with Vietnamese law, particularly in the context of employing foreign workers. We understand that stable, transparent, and lawful labor relations form the foundation for sustainable business development and risk mitigation in Vietnam.
An Law Vietnam assists enterprises in drafting, reviewing, and finalizing core labor documents, including employment contracts, collective bargaining agreements, internal labor regulations, salary and bonus policies, and internal HR policies. We provide comprehensive advice on recruitment, employment management, internal transfers, termination of employment contracts, and obligations relating to social insurance, personal income tax, and work permits for foreign employees. Our objective is to help enterprises prevent legal risks from the outset and minimize unnecessary labor disputes, particularly for enterprises with foreign elements in Vietnam.
In addition, An Law Vietnam represents enterprises in resolving labor disputes, handling labor disciplinary matters, participating in negotiations, mediation, litigation, and working with competent state authorities. With practical experience and a flexible approach, we help enterprises reduce dispute-related costs, ensure legal compliance, and maintain a stable and efficient working environment. An Law Vietnam is committed to accompanying enterprises so that labor issues do not become obstacles to the development and growth of investors in Vietnam.
Contract Advisory
Contracts are the source of most disputes. Enterprises with foreign elements often use international contract templates without adapting them to Vietnamese law, resulting in invalid or unenforceable clauses. This is particularly common in service contracts, business cooperation contracts, and lease agreements.
An Law Vietnam – Contract Consulting Law Firm maintains a team of lawyers with extensive practical experience, closely aligned with the operational realities of various industries in Vietnam. Accordingly, we understand what constitutes a “fit-for-purpose contract” for businesses, enabling them to control legal risks from the contract formation stage. We assist in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts, service contracts, lease agreements, and cooperation agreements.
Contracts developed by An Law Vietnam are based on criteria of personalization, practical alignment across corporate departments, legal rigor, enforceability, and business practicality, particularly in transactions involving foreign elements in Vietnam.
Intellectual Property
An Law Vietnam – Intellectual Property Law Firm is a trusted legal partner in the field of intellectual property, providing comprehensive advisory and protection services for IP rights of domestic and international enterprises. We assist clients in establishing, exploiting, and effectively protecting intangible assets such as trademarks, copyrights, patents, industrial designs, trade secrets, and domain names—key elements that create brand value and sustainable competitive advantages in the market.
With a team of lawyers possessing in-depth knowledge of Vietnamese intellectual property law and international treaties to which Vietnam is a party, An Law Vietnam advises on IP protection strategies aligned with each client’s business objectives. We provide services for registration and renewal of trademarks, copyrights, and industrial designs; advisory on assignment, licensing, and franchising; as well as valuation and exploitation of IP rights in investment activities, M&A transactions, and product commercialization.
In addition to registration and portfolio management, An Law Vietnam places particular emphasis on enforcement and protection of IP rights. We represent clients in addressing IP infringements through administrative, civil, and commercial measures, including cease-and-desist actions, negotiations, complaints, litigation, and dispute resolution. Our objective is to maximize the protection of clients’ lawful rights while minimizing legal risks and associated costs.
LEGAL SERVICES FOR FOREIGN INVESTORS
Investment Advisory
The Vietnamese market presents significant growth opportunities for international startups in sectors such as technology, fintech, education, e-commerce, and high-tech agriculture. However, opportunities translate into success only when businesses establish a solid legal foundation and strictly comply with local regulations.
With a team of lawyers specializing in investment procedures for foreign enterprises across multiple industries in Vietnam, we provide comprehensive guidance on legal regulations, investment procedures, and key considerations to facilitate the establishment of foreign-invested enterprises in Vietnam efficiently and effectively.
An Law Vietnam – Investment Consulting Law Firm is a trusted legal partner for foreign investors in Vietnam, providing advisory services from the market research stage to project implementation. We assist in obtaining Investment Registration Certificates, adjusting investment projects, and ensuring compliance with investment laws. Our advisory processes are structured in alignment with investors’ timelines and closely coordinated with parent company and subsidiary plans in Vietnam, ensuring consistency and feasibility in project execution.
With many years of experience advising foreign corporations and startups, An Law Vietnam – Investment Consulting Law Firm proudly accompanies enterprises throughout their development journey in Vietnam, from initial legal strategy to long-term expansion.
Enterprise Advisory
In the context of an increasingly yet complex legal and business environment in Vietnam, full and accurate legal compliance is a decisive factor for enterprise stability and sustainable growth. Understanding the legal challenges faced by enterprises during establishment, operation, and expansion, An Law Vietnam – Enterprise Consulting Law Firm serves as a trusted legal partner, providing comprehensive and effective enterprise advisory services for both domestic and foreign-invested enterprises in Vietnam.
Our enterprise advisory services cover the entire legal lifecycle of a business, from pre-investment, company establishment, and internal governance structuring to operations, restructuring, and termination when necessary. We assist clients in selecting appropriate legal models; drafting and reviewing charters, internal regulations, resolutions, and corporate decisions; and advising on compliance with enterprise law, tax, labor regulations, and periodic reporting obligations.
For foreign investors, An Law Vietnam provides in-depth advisory services on establishing and operating businesses in Vietnam, ensuring harmony between international legal standards and the practical application of Vietnamese law. We accompany enterprises in building transparent governance systems, controlling legal risks, resolving operational issues, and working with competent state authorities.
With a practical effectiveness-oriented approach, An Law Vietnam’s lawyers consistently deliver feasible, timely legal solutions aligned with each enterprise’s business objectives, contributing to a solid legal foundation for long-term and sustainable development in Vietnam.
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
An Law Vietnam – Mergers & Acquisitions Law Firm is a specialized law firm in the field of Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), providing comprehensive, flexible, and effective legal solutions for domestic and international investors conducting investment transactions, capital transfers, and corporate restructuring in Vietnam. With in-depth knowledge of the legal, investment, and business environment in Vietnam, we accompany clients throughout the entire lifecycle of an M&A transaction—from market research, investment structuring, and legal due diligence to negotiation, completion, and post-merger governance.
We understand that each M&A transaction is not merely a transfer of shares, capital contributions, or assets, but a complex integration of business strategy, financial structure, taxation, and compliance with investment, enterprise, and sector-specific regulations. Particularly for transactions involving foreign elements, strict compliance with investment and business registration requirements is essential to ensure legality and practical implementation.
Our core M&A services include investment transaction structuring; assistance in obtaining and amending Investment Registration Certificates (IRC) and Enterprise Registration Certificates (ERC); conducting legal due diligence to assess target company risks; drafting, reviewing, and negotiating transaction documents such as Memoranda of Understanding (MOU), Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA), Share/Capital Purchase Agreements, and related agreements. We also support investors in completing transfer procedures, corporate restructuring, license amendments, and addressing post-transaction legal issues.
With extensive practical experience in numerous large-scale and complex M&A transactions, An Law Vietnam is committed to delivering legally sound, feasible solutions aligned with clients’ long-term investment objectives in Vietnam.
With more than 20 years of experience, we understand that every legal issue is not merely a statutory provision, but a matter of your life, your family, and your future.
Our deep understanding of the Vietnamese legal system, combined with profound empathy for foreign nationals in an unfamiliar country, means that legal matters often involve personal safety, reputation, family, livelihood, and long-term future. Therefore, An Law Vietnam | Vietnam International Law Firm consistently delivers solutions that are both legally sound and client-specific, aimed at protecting the lawful rights and interests of you and your family.
As divorce and family lawyers, we have assisted numerous international clients in resolving complex cross-border divorces, child custody disputes, and asset divisions involving foreign elements and multi-million-dollar estates. We understand that family matters require not only solid legal expertise but also empathy, cultural sensitivity, and absolute confidentiality. An Law Vietnam lawyers accompany clients throughout the process, protecting their lawful rights and assisting them in making sound decisions to stabilize their lives.
In the criminal field, as criminal defense lawyers handling cases involving narcotics, robbery, public disorder offenses, and particularly economic crimes and smuggling, we build defense strategies based on extensive litigation experience. When foreigners face criminal allegations in Vietnam, legal risks are extremely high. We intervene from the earliest stages, safeguard procedural rights, coordinate with investigative authorities, and develop rigorous defense strategies in strict compliance with Vietnamese law and international standards, with the ultimate goal of protecting clients’ interests at the highest level.
As civil lawyers, An Law Vietnam represents clients in civil litigation matters, including contractual disputes, property disputes, claims for damages, and civil cases involving foreign elements. Our objective is to achieve practical, enforceable outcomes while optimizing time and cost efficiency for clients.
Through immigration advisory services, we assist foreign nationals with visa procedures, temporary residence cards, work permits, and stabilization of lawful residency status in Vietnam, as well as addressing issues such as fake passports and visa overstays. For clients seeking long-term attachment, our Vietnamese nationality lawyers and specialists in confirmation of Vietnamese origin provide in-depth legal solutions for citizenship applications, re-confirmation of nationality, or verification of Vietnamese origin—areas requiring a high level of precision and legal expertise.
In addition, An Law Vietnam supports foreign employees in occupational accident compensation matters and in protecting lawful rights when disputes arise with employers or insurance providers, particularly in termination and resignation cases involving both employers and foreign employees in Vietnam.
What distinguishes An Law Vietnam is not only our professional competence but also our long-term commitment and deep understanding of the foreign community in Vietnam. We possess thorough knowledge of the legal system, culture, and administrative procedures, while consistently placing human values and ethics at the core of every legal solution.
If you are a foreign national facing any legal issue in Vietnam—from family, criminal, civil disputes, immigration, nationality to labor compensation—now is the time to act. Let our experience protect your rights, our understanding provide peace of mind, and our dedication accompany you on a lawful, secure, and sustainable legal path.
Do not wait until risks become serious. Act today to safeguard your lawful interests.
Contact An Law Vietnam | Vietnam International Law Firm, where more than 20 years of practical legal experience serving international clients becomes your legal shield, and where An Law Vietnam lawyers accompany you with proven results.
Contact An Law Vietnam
📞 Phone: (+84) 986 995 543
📧 Email: info@anlawvietnam.com
📍 Head Office: Diamond Plaza, 34 Le Duan, Sai Gon Ward, Ho Chi Minh City
🏢 Vung Tau Branch: Vo Thi Sau Street, Vung Tau Ward, Ho Chi Minh City