How has streamlined the registration procedures for business in Vietnam in 2023?
By the end of 2019, more than 30,000 FDI projects with a registered capital of approximately 362 billion USD had chosen Vietnam as their investment destination. As a result of Vietnam's recent focus on the private sector, foreign investors are flocking to the country's market.
How Vietnam Has Streamlined Procedures to Register Business in Vietnam?
Vietnam's participation in various free trade agreements has provided a strong impetus for foreign investors from developed nations to take their first steps in Vietnam. The country has established diplomatic ties with nearly 190 nations worldwide and signed approximately 15 Free Trade Agreements with important trading partners.
Investors must submit an application for the Investment Registration Certificate in order to register a business in Vietnam. The investor must then apply for an Enterprise Registration Certificate after receiving the Investment Registration Certificate.
Investors must first select a business name that is not identical to or confusingly similar to the name of another business that is already registered in the National Database of Business Registration on a national scale. This does not apply to business that have been dissolved or that have had effective court decisions declaring them bankrupt.
The investors or authorized person must then prepare a comprehensive set of application dossiers in accordance with the law and submit them to the Business Registration Office where the planned head office will be located. Based on the appointment date on the receipt, the Business Registration Office will verify the validity of the application dossier. Investors or authorized individuals can either go to the Business Registration Office to receive the application results or register to receive them by mail. After receiving the valid dossier, the deadline for considering and processing it is three working days.
The investor will be granted an Enterprise Registration Certificate when fully meeting the following conditions:
-The registered business lines are not in the prohibited business sectors;
-The business’s name is set in accordance with the provisions of law;
-Having a head office as prescribed by law;
-Having a valid business registration dossier as prescribed by law;
-Fully paying the enterprise registration fee as prescribed by law
Investors have increased their faith in Vietnam's business and investment climate over time. The socio-political and macroeconomic steadiness are conspicuous highlights for the development of Vietnam's business potential. The Vietnam not set in stone to work on the cycle for speculation application. As a result, Vietnam is and will continue to be an appealing location for investment as well as a promising location for foreign investors to apply for an investment registration certificate and register a business when compared to other countries in the region that are neighboring Vietnam.
ANT Lawyers is a law firm in Vietnam that will always contact the authorities to obtain legal updates on issues pertaining to the registration of investments or the establishment of business in Vietnam.
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