A number of matters related to compiling dossiers and conducting procedures for enterprise registration provided in Decree No. 43/2010/ND-CP of April 15, are detailed in Planning and Investment Ministry Circular No. 14/2010/TT-BKH of June 4, which requires business lines declared for registration to be on the publicized list of Vietnam’s industries and economic sectors.
The new regulation also limits online registration only to businesses having registered an e-signature. Without such an e-signature, registration dossiers must still be filed in paper form.
Businesses engaged in conditional business lines but failing to satisfy the conditions set for these lines as confirmed in writing by a concerned authority will have their enterprise registration dossiers rejected by provincial-level registry offices and even be requested in writing by the latter to terminate their operation in these lines.
Businesses with identical or confusingly similar names are allowed to negotiate with one another to rename themselves and register their new names or add geographical indications to their names for distinguishing one from another.
A business that plans to relocate its head office will be required to register with the tax office first. Five days after completing office relocation procedures with the tax office, it should file a dossier for relocation and address change registration with the provincial-level business registry office.
Businesses that are granted business or business-cum-tax registration certificates before the effective date of Decree No. 43 are not required to convert their certificates into new enterprise registration certificates.-