According to the current Commercial Law, the foreign Representative Office in Viet Nam is a dependent unit of the foreign trader, established to conduct market survey and other commercial promotion activities such as promoting and seeking opportunities for the purchase or sale of goods and provision of services (including sale promotion, commercial advertisement, display and exhibition of goods and services, and trade fairs and exhibitions...).

Decree 72/2006/NĐ-CP dated 25/7/2006 of the Goverment stipulated on detailing the Commercial Law’s regulations on Representative Offices, Branches of foreign businesses in Viet Nam states the conditionals to get the license for establishment of Representative Offices as follows: