Hadrien Wolff 
Dear Hadrien, My Vietnamese girlfriend and I want to open a coffee shop here. We are very excited about the plan and really can’t wait to get started. However, I have little knowledge about the administrative procedures that we will need to go through. Can you give me some advice please? Congratulations on your startup … Read more
Dear Hadrien, I’ve been living in HCMC for nearly four months now. Last week, I finally bought a motorbike to travel to work, but (and I am a bit ashamed to tell you, and please don’t tell my mum!) I have already been involved in a traffic accident. As I was only partially at fault, … Read more
Dear Hadrien, I have been offered a contract to work as a project manager in Ho Chi Minh City and I will earn a little over USD2,000 per month. However, I heard that in Vietnam all amounts in contracts should be stated in Vietnamese dong. Is that correct? And is my future employer allowed to … Read more
Dear Hadrien, Last week my 12-year-old son caused a small accident at his school. While playing football with the other kids in the schoolyard, he accidentally broke a window of one of the classrooms. Now the school is trying to claim USD450 from me and my husband as compensation for replacing the window. Are we … Read more
Dear Hadrien, I am an American citizen living and working in Ho Chi Minh City. I want to know what I should do if the unthinkable happened to me… How can I create a will to ensure that if I die here, the savings that I have in my Vietnamese bank account will go to … Read more
Dear Hadrien, I recently found a job in Ho Chi Minh City! That means that I can finally change my shabby hotel room for a nice place of my own. I heard, however, that it is very complicated for a foreigner to rent an apartment in Vietnam. Is that really true? You are right that land law is perhaps one of … Read more
My wife and I are both French citizens and we would like to adopt a Vietnamese baby, however, as my name is not Brad Pitt and as I am unfortunately not married to Angelina Jolie, I expect that the process for us may be quite complicated. Could you please give us some information about the conditions that we must fulfill and … Read more
I have been working for a Vietnamese company for about a year under a labor contract with a two-year term. Last week, my boss told me that the company is in financial trouble and that they cannot afford paying me my full salary any longer. Now he wants to assign me a different kind of work within the same company for … Read more
I’m from the UK. My Vietnamese girlfriend and I are seriously thinking about getting married and looking to get all the paperwork in order. We’re planning to stay in Vietnam. What kind of joint custody / joint property laws would affect us in the unintended event of a divorce? In Vietnam, family matters are governed by the Vietnamese Law on Marriage and Family. According … Read more
I’m American. I’ve lived here for six years, and am thinking of buying some property in Vietnam. But I’ve been told that foreigners are not allowed to own land. I have some very good Vietnamese friends who I trust enough to put the property under their name, but since we’re talking about a large sum of money, I feel I need … Read more
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