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Establishing company in HCMC in 2026: the rules, the steps and the registered address, for foreign founders

A foreign founder establishing company in HCMC in 2026 faces a different order of steps than in 2025. The Law on Investment 2025 took effect on March 1, 2026, and it lets a foreign investor incorporate before the investment registration certificate is issued. The enterprise certificate then takes three working days. What follows is less simple. Charter capital must be contributed within 90 days of incorporation, the investment certificate is due within 12 months, and the tax authority can check whether the company operates at its registered address. You get the laws that apply, with article numbers and links, the steps in order, and what Vietnamese law allows when your registered office is a virtual office. The last part compares Dreamplex's three virtual office packages, which start at VND 700,000 a month, and shows what each price gap buys: a coworking day, meeting-room credit, a physical sign or forwarded mail. It closes with the tasks that fill the first 90 days after registration, including the bank account that every foreign-invested company needs.