Does selling street food require a business registration in Vietnam?

Does selling street food require a business registration in Vietnam?

Based on Article 3 of Decree 39/2007/ND-CP on interpretation of terms as follows:

1. Individuals doing trade mean individuals who everyday themselves conduct one, several or all activities allowed by law on goods purchase and sale, service provision and other activities with purpose of profitability but do not register their business as prescribed by law on business registration and not be called as “trader” as prescribed by the Commercial Law. Particularly including individuals doing the following trade activities:

a) Street trading (trading in public places) means activities of purchase and sale without a fixed location (purchase on street, sale on street or both purchase and sale on street), includes even the receipt of books, news, magazines, cultural products of traders allowed doing business in these products as prescribed by law, for sale on street;

b) Petty trading means purchase and sale of small and odd items with or without a fixed location;

c) Petty-food trading means sale of fruits, cakes, candies, drinks (beverage) with or without a fixed locations;

d) The consignment trading means purchase of goods from other places according to each consignment to sell for wholesalers or retailers;

dd) Providing services: Polishing shoes, selling lottery tickets, repairing key, repairing vehicles, safekeeping for vehicles, washing for vehicles, barber, painting, taking photo and other services with or without fixed locations;

e) Other commercial activities done independently and regularly do not have to register for business.

2. Movable business means commercial activities without fixed location.

Therefore, petty trading as street foods is considered a business without a fixed location, so it does not require business registration when engaging in this type of business in Vietnam.

Does selling street food require a business registration in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)

Can a person sell fruits in public places in Vietnam? 

Based on Article 79 of Decree 01/2021/ND-CP on the business of agriculture, forestry, and aquaculture as follows:

1. A household business is established by an individual or family household members that shall take responsibility for business operations of the household business with all of their property. If a household business is established by members of a family household, one of them shall be authorized to act as the representative of the household business. The individual applying for registration of household business or the person authorized by the family household members to act as the representative of the household business shall be the owner of the household business.

2. Households engaged in agriculture, forestry, aquaculture, salt production, street vendors, nomadic or seasonal businesspeople, and service providers earning low revenues are not required to apply for establishment of household businesses, except for conditional business lines. The provincial People’s Committees shall specify the low revenues applied within their provinces.

Therefore, based on the above regulations in Vietnam, selling agricultural products does not require business registration.

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