Vietnam is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. The low cost of living and highly qualified population make it an ideal location for foreign companies who are looking to branch out and invest. However, expanding internationally has its disadvantages as well. Not knowing the local laws and regulations makes it a thousand times harder to open a company overseas.
How to register a business in Vietnam conducted by investors has always been subject to quite rigorous adjustments of investment and business laws.
In recent years, along with the non-stop development of our country’s economy and society, the number of foreign investors investing and building business in Vietnam is more and more increased. Establishing 100% foreign-owned capital companies has become popular business. With its unique characterization, establishing a company with 100% foreign-owned capital has always subject to quite rigorous adjustment of investment and business laws.
Before carrying out setting up a 100% foreign-owned company, investors must apply for an Investment Registration Certificate at an agency of business registration. In some cases, investors must register its investment policy with a provincial People's Committee.
Required documents include
- A request for implementation of the investment project;
- A copy of ID card, passport, or certificate of business registration, or other equivalent document;
- A proposal of project investment: investors’ names, investment objectives, scale, capital and capital mobilization plan, location, duration, impact assessment, report on socio-economic efficiency, etc.
- A copy of one of the following documents: financial statement within the last two years; commitment of financial support from its parent company or a financial institution; guarantee of financial capability; documents proving capital capability;
- Demand for land use;
- Explanation on technology application, including name of such technology;
- BCC contract in case of implementation projects under a BCC
When applying for a business registration certificate to establish a 100% foreign-owned company, investors should prepare a file of documents similar to the file applied for policy registration and send it to an agency in charge of business registration.
After receiving a certificate of investment registration, investors need to carry out procedures of establishing a company with 100% foreign-owned capital. Required documents include
- Request for business registration
- Charter
- List of members or shareholders.
- Copies of the following documents:
- Business registration certificate as regulated by Investment Law, applicable to foreign investors.
The application for establishing a company with 100% foreign-owned capital shall be submitted at a business registration agency under the Department of Planning and Investment of the province/ city at which the company is intended to be located. Within 05 working days since as to the date of receiving full documents, the business registration agency shall consider and issue a business registration certificate.
After being granted the business registration certificate, the company is obliged to publicize its establishment on a national information portal.
Contents of the announcement include the contents of the business registration certificate and other information as followed:
- Lines of business;
- List of founding shareholders and foreign shareholders to joint stock companies.
After making the establishment of a 100% foreign-owned capital company public, the company now carries out having company seal made at one of the authorized seal making units. The company decides the number and form of the seal to the extent permitted by law.
After the seal is made, the company publicizes the seal sample on a national business registration portal and receives 01 confirmation of publicized seal sample issued by the Department of Planning and Investment.
During procedures of establishing a company with 100% foreign-owned capital, investors have to provide Vietnamese competent authorities with some basic information. Such information is essential to support Vietnamese authorities to verify an authentic file of establishing a company with 100% foreign-owned capital.
If investors are individuals, they need to provide the following basic information and document
- Valid ID card, or passport;
- Confirmation of an account bank balance;
- Bank’s notice, or confirmation of transferring to capital contribution account of the corporate;
- Criminal record of the investors;
If investors are legal entities, the below information should be provided to Vietnamese competent authorities while carrying out procedures of establishing foreign-owned capital companies
- Resolution/ Decision of capital contribution of the Board of Shareholders/Board of Members according to regulations of law and charter of foreign corporate;
- Copies and translations of the foreign company’s business certificate/ decision certified at a consular
- Company’s charter;
- Foreign investor’s audited financial statement of the latest year;
- Credit notice (bank confirmation of transfer to the capital contribution account of the company);
Besides, investors also have to provide some more basic information about the intended business, including
- Name of the company
- Business address of the company
- Charter capital/ Investment capital of the intended company
- Registered business lines
Investors when registering for establishment of a company with 100% foreign-owned capital in Vietnam are obliged to prove its business location legal. They can fulfill this obligation by providing a Vietnamese competent authority with the following documents:
- A certified lease contract of headquarters (where the company is located in Vietnam);
- A certificate of land use right.
If the lease contract is made with a legal entity, such legal entity must register for real estate business on its business registration; if it is made with an individual and the term of the contract is more than 06 month, it must be certified at a notary office.
Above are the specific regulations relating to procedures of establishing a company with 100% foreign-owned capital? Foreign investors who intend to establish a company in Vietnam for business operation should carefully consider and comply with those regulations.
Time for register a company in Viet Nam |
Approximately 1 to 3 months from submission of documents to the Department of Planning and Investment |
Approximately 1 to 3 months from submission of documents to the Department of Planning and Investment |
Suitable for |
Small to medium sized business |
Medium to large sized businesses |
Number of founders |
1 to 50 founders |
At least 3 founders |
Corporate structure |
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Liability |
Founders’ liability is limited to the capital contributed to the Company |
Founders’ liability is limited to the capital contributed to the Company |
Issuance of shares and public listing |
A Vietnamese LLC cannot issue shares and be publicly listed on the local stock exchange |
A Vietnamese JSC can issue ordinary and preference shares, the shares can be listed on the public stock exchange |
Investment project proposal includes investor implementing the project, investment purpose, investment scale and investment capital content. Capital mobilization plan, location, time, investment progress, labor demand, investment incentives proposal, impact assessment, socio-economic efficiency of the project.
Register your business in Vietnam in the form of capital contribution right from the start
Within 15 days of receiving the complete application, the investment registrar shall issue an investment registration certificate. In case of refusal, the investor should be notified in writing and the reason should be clearly stated.
After the investment registration certificate has been granted to the foreign investment company, the investor shall carry out the procedure for granting the corporate registration certificate in the same manner as the procedure for establishing a Vietnamese company.
List of members (for limited liability companies with two or more members; list of founding shareholders and shareholders who are foreign investors (list of authorized representatives if there are institutional shareholders).
Copy of the following documents: Citizen ID card, personal ID card, passport, or other legitimate personal ID of an individual member.
Establishment decisions, business registration certificates, or other equivalent documents regarding the organization and adult guardianship. Citizen ID, personal identification, passport, or other legitimate personal identification information of an official representative of a member of the organization
After the company registration certificate has been granted, the company must publish it on the National Business Registration Portal. At the same time, the publication fee must be paid as required by law. The published content includes the content of the company registration certificate and the following information.
List of founding shareholders; in the case of a legal entity, a list of shareholders who are foreign investors (if any).
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