Business Registration and Licenses
The fee for registering your business as of 2011 is VND 100,000. Make sure that all non-Vietnamese documents are fully translated and notarized before submitting your application.
In order to do business in Vietnam, you have to register your company to the authorities to get permission and license to operate. This registration process usually takes place at the Business Registration Department of the Provincial or City Office of Planning and Investment (see Ministry of Planning and Investment).
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The process to register your business consists of three main stages. Firstly, you need to submit the registering application directly at the Business Registration Department and make an appointment to collect the license. The registering application consists of a request paper for registration of the enterprise and an ID of the company owner - either a notarized copy of your passport or citizen card will do. In some special cases, you also need to produce the certificate of legal capital or the certificate of profession if they are required.
After that, the Business Registration Department will assess your application to examine whether it is valid or not, and prepare the business license to the valid application. Finally, after 5 days from the submitting day, you can come again to the Business Registration to collect your result. If you application is approved, you can receive your business license immediately, but if not, you can take back your application for modifying and fixing, and then resubmit it in the same place.
The fee for each application is 100,000VND (5USD). You can contact the Business Registration Department by the contact below to have more information and instruction for your reference.
HANOI
Assistant and Instruction - Department of Business Registration
Tel: (+84-4) 3 715 1050
Submission - Department of Business Registration
Address 1: 16, Cat Linh, Dong Da District
Tel: (+84-4) 3 734 7511
Address 2: 52 Nguyen Chi Thanh, Dong Da District
Tel: (+84-4) 3 715 1082
Address 3: 1 Quang Trung, Ha Dong
Tel: (+84-4) 3 523 840
HO CHI MINH CITY
Assistant and Instruction - Department of Business Registration
Tel: (+84-8) 3 829 3179
DA NANG
Business Registration Department
Tel: (+84-511) 3 821 755 – 3 893 705
CAN THO
Office of Planning and Investment
Address: No.61/21 Ly Tu Trong, An Phu ward, Ninh Kieu District
Tel: (+84-71) 3 830 235
HUE
Office of Planning and Investment
Address: Ton Duc Thang Street, Hue City
Tel: (+84-54) 3 822 538
