Office search in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Da Nang: premises found, terms read, keys taken
Every other destination service houses a household. This one houses a company. Asia Relocation Vietnam sources, in-house, serviced offices, coworking space, corporate leases and commercial assets for purchase — and reads the agreement before anybody signs it.
Companies establishing themselves in Vietnam rarely struggle to find space. They struggle to find the right one on terms they can live with, in a market where the good buildings are known to the people already in them and the agreement is drawn up in a language the signatory may not read.
So the work divides in two, and the second half is the one that matters. Sourcing is a question of access — landlords, developers, premium-grade stock and the more modest options that suit a smaller firm. Securing is a question of terms, and of whether they hold up against Vietnamese commercial regulation and what is asked of a foreign-invested business.
Asia Relocation Vietnam does both, in English, French and Vietnamese, and coordinates the result with the people arriving. Our consultants work the districts daily rather than reading the same listings a headquarters team abroad can already see.
Finding the premises, and the job that belongs to another team
The commonest confusion on this page is the one addressed at the top of the right-hand column. Read it first.
What the mandate carries
- A brief that looks a year ahead. Objectives, headcount now and after growth, preferred districts and the budget the board has actually approved.
- A shortlist from landlords and developers. Premium-grade buildings and modest ones, sourced rather than filtered from a portal.
- Visits, virtual or on the ground. With a professional reading of location, floor plate and what the building charges for beyond the rent.
- Negotiation and contract review. With trusted legal partners, against Vietnamese commercial regulation and foreign-business requirements.
- Move-in coordination. Utilities, furniture and facility setup arranged through our own Vietnamese network.
Scope and fee approved in writing before the first building is visited.
What sits outside it
- Emptying your current office into the new one. That is our office relocation service in Vietnam — a different team, a different quotation, and often the same month.
- Housing the staff. Individual homes are home search, and the first arrivals usually need temporary housing.
- The right to work here. Permits and visas for the team sit with our Vietnam immigration desk.
- Settling the people in. Districts, clinics and everyday services belong to city orientation.
- A rent per square metre, published here. Vietnamese commercial terms are negotiated, not listed.
Most corporate clients run several of these on one file. Say which in the inquiry.
Four ways to hold an address in Vietnam, and who each one suits
The format is a commitment decision before it is a property decision. We start there.
The serviced office
Furnished, staffed and ready, which is why it is the usual answer for a company that needs a registered presence in Ho Chi Minh City before it needs a floor of its own.
Coworking desks
For a Vietnamese entity that is two people this quarter and unsure about next. Cheap to leave, which is exactly its value when headcount forecasts are still guesses.
The conventional corporate lease
Your own floor, your own fit-out, and terms worth negotiating properly because you will live inside them. This is where contract review earns its place in the mandate.
Buying the asset
Commercial office property acquired rather than rented, sourced through the same landlords and developers. A different legal exercise, and one no other page in this silo covers.
Five stages, and the one that decides the next few years
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Consultation and requirements
What the company is doing in Vietnam, how many people it will hold, where growth is forecast, and which districts are realistic against the budget. The brief is written down.
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A curated selection
Our consultants shortlist from landlords and developers they deal with, across premium-grade buildings and more modest stock. A list short enough to be read in a board meeting.
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Accompanied visits and evaluation
Virtual or in person, with a professional view of location, floor plate, amenities and the charges that sit alongside the rent. Screens flatter buildings; visits do not.
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Negotiation and contract review
Terms argued for you, then read with legal partners against Vietnamese commercial regulation and what is required of a foreign-invested company. This is the stage that decides the next few years.
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Move-in coordination
Utilities, furniture and facility setup through our network here, alongside the housing and immigration files if you have given us those too.
Four companies arriving in Vietnam, and what each is really buying
International companies opening here
A first Vietnamese address, taken before the operation exists to justify it. Format and flexibility matter more at this point than square metres do.
HR and global-mobility teams
Workspace and people landing on one timeline. What they need is a single file they can report on, not a property agent in one column and a relocation supplier in another.
Start-ups and smaller firms
Growing faster than any lease they could responsibly sign. We would rather place them in coworking or a serviced office and move them than oversize the first commitment.
Investors buying commercial assets
Office property acquired rather than occupied. The sourcing looks similar; the legal work and the questions asked of a building do not.
Three markets, three districts worth arguing about, and two hubs beyond
Corporate requirements in Vietnam do not stop at the two large cities, and this is the service where that shows.
Ho Chi Minh City is the country commercial centre and where most mandates start. District 1, District 2 and District 7 are among those our consultants work across daily, and the choice between them is a decision about staff commutes and client perception as much as about the building. Hanoi carries the administrative weight and its own stock; Da Nang holds a smaller market that suits a growing team better than it suits a regional headquarters.
Beyond the three, corporate searches extend to emerging business hubs including Binh Duong and Hai Phong, where the question is usually proximity to operations rather than to a business district. Further out we work by exception and say so first: sending a consultant who does not know a Vietnamese market would serve nobody.
What companies ask before taking premises in Vietnam
Is this the same as relocating our existing office?
Can you help us buy rather than lease?
Who reads the lease before we sign it?
How small a requirement do you take?
Do we have to be in Vietnam to see the shortlist?
Which parts of Vietnam do you cover?
Can the office search run alongside the people arriving?
What decides what an office search costs?
The address is only half of an arrival
Somewhere for the first arrivals to live
Serviced residences and partner hotels held together for a team, in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Da Nang.
Temporary housing →The whole corporate arrival
What Asia Relocation Vietnam runs on the destination side, which service reaches which city, and how one file is kept.
Relocation in Vietnam →Give us the headcount, the format and the Vietnamese city
A consultant turns it into a written brief, a shortlist from landlords and developers, and terms read before anyone signs.
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