What are the instructions for looking up business licenses online? How many ways are there to look up business registration information in Vietnam?
How many ways are there to look up business registration information in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 36 of Decree 01/2021/ND-CP, there are 02 ways to look up business licenses:
Method 1: The following information shall be available and provided free of charge on the National Business Registration Portal at https://dangkykinhdoanh.gov.vn, including: the enterprise's name, enterprise ID number, headquarters address, business lines, full name of the legal representative, and legal status of the enterprise
Therefore, you can look up business registration information on the website https://dangkylanhdoanh.gov.vn
Method 2: The entities that have demands for enterprise registration information as prescribed in Clause 1 Article 33 of the Law on enterprises shall submit the request for provision of enterprise registration information on the National Business Registration Portal or to provincial-level business registration authorities.
Business registration authorities shall provide information about enterprises stored on the National Enterprise Registration Information System. Provincial-level business registration authorities shall provide information about enterprises on the National Enterprise Registration Database within their management.
In addition, the above regulations are guided in Clause 1, Article 5 of Circular 01/2021/TT-BKHDT as follows:
Entities may request for the information prescribed in Clause 1 Article 33 of the Law on enterprises at the Ministry of Planning and Investment (through the Business Registration Supporting Center affiliated to the Agency for Business Registration) or at the business registration office of province where the enterprise is headquartered or through the National Business Registration Portal, and must pay fees as prescribed.
The Business Registration Supporting Center shall have the power to provide information of all enterprises stored in the National Enterprise Registration Information System. Business registration offices shall provide information about enterprises stored in the National Enterprise Registration Database within their jurisdiction.
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Vietnam: What are the instructions for looking up business licenses online?
The steps to look up an online Business License through the National Business Registration Portal are as follows:
Step 1:
Access the homepage of the National Information Portal on business registration via the link: www.dangkylanhdoanh.gov.vn
Step 2:
Enter tax code/business code or business name in the search box and then click search.
Note: Searching by tax code/business code for faster results.
Step 3:
The system will display suggested results, click select. Search results will include the following information:
- enterprise's name,
- enterprise ID number,
- headquarters address,
- business lines,
- full name of the legal representative,
- and legal status of the enterprise
Note: The above method of looking up a business license only shows some basic information of the business license (business registration certificate).
In case you want complete information shown on the business license, you can contact the Business Registration Support Center under the Department of Business Registration Management or the Business Registration Office where the enterprise is headquartered to request for provision of business registration information. Completion of this request will require payment of fees according to regulations
What are the regulations on online application for enterprise registration in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 43 of Decree 01/2021/ND-CP, the online application for enterprise registration are guided as follows:
(1) An online application for enterprise registration shall contain the information prescribed in this Decree and shown in the form of an electronic document. An online application for enterprise registration shall have the same legal validity as a physical one.
(2) Electronic document is a document in the data form created or digitalized from the paper document, which contains the exact and complete information on the paper document. The electronic document is in the .doc, .docx or .pdf format.
(3) An online application for enterprise registration shall be accepted if it meets all of the following requirements:
- There are sufficient electronic documents with complete contents as paper documents. Names of electronic documents must be relevant to names of paper documents. The person competent to sign the application form for enterprise registration, members, founding shareholders, shareholders that are foreign investors or other individuals that sign documents included in the application for enterprise registration may use digital signatures to sign electronic documents or append their signatures to paper documents which then shall be scanned in the formats prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article;
- Enterprise registration information provided on the National Business Registration Portal must be adequate and accurate as that in paper documents, and includes information about telephone number and email address of the applicant;
- An online application for enterprise registration must be authenticated with public digital signature or business registration account of the person competent to sign the application form for enterprise registration or his/her authorized person. In case of authorization to following procedures for enterprise registration, the application for enterprise registration must include the documents specified in Article 12 hereof.
(4) The enterprise is required to revise/complete its online application for enterprise registration within 60 days from the date on which the Business Registration Office gives a notification of necessary revisions. Over the abovementioned deadline, if the enterprise fails to complete its online application for enterprise registration as requested, the Business Registration Office shall cancel the received application according to the process on the National Enterprise Registration Information System.
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