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Set up in Da Nang when a lighter footprint fits

For manufacturers, logistics operators, technology teams and hospitality businesses that want the central coast rather than one of the two big cities.

Choose a mainland company for services, hospitality and hiring in the city, a zone-based entity for manufacturing or technology in a park, or a holding structure when the operating company sits elsewhere.

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Why founders pick Da Nang

A business owner looking across the bay to the Da Nang skyline

Between the two big cities

A central-coast base with its own port, airport and industrial parks, reached from both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

A business owner walking through an industrial street in Vietnam

Room for manufacturing and logistics

Industrial and hi-tech parks and a port on the doorstep suit production and distribution businesses that do not need the biggest city.

A business owner on the Da Nang waterfront

Technology and hospitality

An IT park, a growing developer community and a coastal tourism economy give technology and hospitality businesses a natural base.

Where Da Nang wins

Pick Da Nang for
  • Central-coast manufacturingProduction, assembly and processing that want a park with port access outside the two big cities.
  • LogisticsDistribution and logistics serving central Vietnam.
  • Technology teamsSoftware and IT services teams that prefer the coast to the capital or Ho Chi Minh City.
  • HospitalityHotels, F&B and tourism-linked businesses on the coast.
  • Lighter footprintA quieter operating base with a smaller office and team.
Look elsewhere for
  • Largest marketConsumer, trading and distribution businesses that need Ho Chi Minh City’s market first.
  • Ministry accessLicensing paths and buyers that sit in Hanoi.
  • Hiring at scaleSpecialist roles in volume, which the two big cities supply more readily.
  • Holding onlyA passive holding entity with no plans to hire or invoice locally.

Zones founders look at around Da Nang

Hoa Lien · Da Nang

High-technology manufacturing and R&D on the central coast.

Priced on request.

Banking is prepared alongside the licence; approval is the bank’s decision.

Hoa Lien · Da Nang

Software, IT services and digital businesses that want a campus setting near the hi-tech park.

Priced on request.

Banking is prepared alongside the licence; approval is the bank’s decision.

Lien Chieu · Da Nang

Established light and medium industry close to the port.

Priced on request.

Banking is prepared alongside the licence; approval is the bank’s decision.

Lien Chieu · Da Nang

Heavier industry and logistics next to the port area.

Priced on request.

Banking is prepared alongside the licence; approval is the bank’s decision.

A Da Nang setup is priced by route, capital and footprint

Route, charter capital, premises, staff and any conditional-sector approval move the number. The Vietnam planner builds your estimate from what you tell it.

Lean endService company, no premises yet
High endConditional sector, staffed premises
Company documents and a pen on a desk in soft daylight

Lean

Lean professional

Lowest band· y1

  • Investment and enterprise registration for the chosen route
  • Charter capital planned against the activity
  • Capital account and bank onboarding support
  • Tax registration and first filings set up
Paperwork stacked on a desk by a window

Operating

Operating company

Middle band· y1

  • Investment and enterprise registration for the chosen route
  • Office lease registered as the company address
  • Work permits and residence cards for foreign staff
  • Capital account and bank onboarding support
Documents and a folder on a marble desk in morning light

Conditional

Conditional or zone-based

Upper band· y1

  • Sector approval or zone admission handled before licensing
  • Investment and enterprise registration for the chosen route
  • Capital account and bank onboarding support
  • Sub-licences for the activity are a separate process, not included
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What a Da Nang setup actually looks like, step by step

Indicative sequence shown. Zone admission and conditional sectors can add approvals before licensing.

  1. 01StartRoute lockedActivity, ownership, city and premises agreed. Charter capital planned. Scope and estimate confirmed.
  2. 02FilingInvestment registrationThe investment registration file is prepared and lodged with the licensing authority for the chosen city or zone.
  3. 03LicensingEnterprise registrationEnterprise registration follows the investment registration; the company seal and tax code are set up.
  4. 04After licensingCapital account & bankingThe capital account is opened, charter capital is contributed and the operating account follows.
  5. 05OperatingPermits & first filingsWork permits, residence cards and the first tax registrations and filings, as the plan needs.

When founders choose elsewhere

Da Nang is the lighter-footprint play. Some plans are better served by Ho Chi Minh City’s market or Hanoi’s proximity to ministries.

You sell to ministries, state buyers or regulated sectors, or your supply chain runs through the north.

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Answer a few questions. We weigh the three cities and the routes against your plan and show the likely fit.

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Banking and capital accounts.

A foreign-owned entity needs a Direct Investment Capital Account before charter capital can be paid in, and the window is 90 days from licensing. We prepare the pack, coordinate with your chosen bank, and track the deadline.

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Two guides for this city

Cover of the Sonsoto Vietnam Zone Selection guide

Vietnam Zone Selection

Industrial, export-processing, hi-tech and economic zones, and what is forming in Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City.

69 pages · 14 September 2026

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Cover of the Sonsoto Vietnam Corporate Income Tax guide

Vietnam Corporate Income Tax

Scope, the 20% rate and the small-enterprise bands, incentives, VAT, and filing.

61 pages · 14 September 2026

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Check if this city is the right base.

Tell us the activity, who you sell to, and how you plan to operate. We confirm whether Da Nang is the right base, which route fits, and what needs to happen first.

  • A dedicated specialist reviews your case.
  • Fixed scope in writing before any work begins.
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Frequently asked

Is Da Nang the right base for my company?
It usually is when the plan wants a port, a park or a coastal base without the scale of the two big cities: manufacturing, logistics, a technology team or a hospitality business. It is not automatically the answer for every company: a business that needs the largest market or the ministries first is often better placed elsewhere.
Can a foreigner own a company in Da Nang?
Foreign ownership is available for many activities, subject to the sector conditions the licensing authority applies. We confirm the available ownership route for your activity before anything is filed.
Mainland company or a zone-based entity?
A mainland company serves and hires in the city; a zone-based entity suits manufacturing or technology operations in one of the parks on the coast. The choice follows the activity, the premises and the customers, and we compare the viable routes against the actual plan.
Can a Da Nang company sponsor work permits and residence cards?
It can support work permits and temporary residence cards for foreign staff in many cases, subject to the role, the applicant and the current immigration rules. Approval stays with the authority.
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