Guidelines on checking tax identification numbers of business households in Vietnam in 2025
What are guidelines on checking tax identification numbers of business households in Vietnam in 2025?
Below are the guidelines on checking tax identification numbers of business households in Vietnam in 2025:
[1] Lookup Business Household Tax Identification Number Online via the General Department of Taxation's Website
Step 1: Access the taxpayer information lookup page of the General Department of Taxation
https://tracuunnt.gdt.gov.vn/tcnnt/mstdn.jsp
Step 2: Select “Taxpayer Information”
Step 3: Perform a lookup of the business household tax identification number
Lookup using the ID/Identification Card: Enter the business household owner's ID card/Identification card number or the business household representative's ID in the "ID/Representative's ID" field.
Lookup using the owner’s name: Enter the full name of the business household owner or the legal representative in the "Taxpayer's organization/personal name" field.
Step 4: Enter “Verification Code”
Step 5: Click “Lookup” and receive the result including:
tax identification number
Taxpayer's name
Tax authority
ID number/Identification card
Date of the most recent information change
Notes about the operating status
[2] Check the Business Household Tax Identification Number on the Business Household Registration Certificate
The Business Household Registration Certificate contains all information about the business household such as: business household number, address, legal representative...
The business household number is the tax identification number.
Guidelines on checking tax identification numbers of business households in Vietnam in 2025 (Image from the Internet)
Are business households in Vietnam allowed to conduct business at multiple locations?
According to Article 86 of Decree 01/2021/ND-CP on the business location of business households:
Article 86. Business Locations of Business Households
- The business location of a business household is where the business household conducts business activities.
- A business household may engage in business activities in multiple locations but must choose one location to register as the business household's headquarters and must notify the tax authority and market management authority where the business activities are conducted for the remaining business locations.
According to the above regulations, a business household may operate business activities in multiple locations.
However, the business household must choose one location to register as its headquarters and must notify the tax authority and market management authority where the business activities are conducted for the remaining business locations.
What are prohibited business lines in Vietnam in 2025?
Pursuant to Article 6 of the Investment Law 2020 (amended by Clause 2 Article 2 of the Amendment Law to the Planning Law, Investment Law, Public-Private Partnership Investment Law, and Bidding Law 2024) on prohibited business lines:
Article 6. Prohibited business lines
- The following business lines are prohibited:
a) Trade of narcotic substances as stipulated in Appendix I of this Law;
b) Trading in types of chemicals and minerals stipulated in Appendix II of this Law;
c) Trade of specimens of wildlife flora and fauna derived from nature stipulated in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; specimens of rare, precious, endangered Group I forest flora and fauna, aquatic species derived from nature stipulated in Appendix III of this Law;
d) Prostitution services;
dd) Human trafficking, trafficking of human tissues, corpses, organs, human fetuses;
e) Business activities related to human asexual reproduction;
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According to the above regulations, the list of prohibited business lines in 2025 includes:
[1] Trading in narcotic substances
[2] Trading in prohibited chemicals and minerals
[3] Trading in specimens of wildlife flora and fauna derived from nature as stipulated in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; specimens of rare, precious, endangered Group I forest flora and fauna, aquatic species derived from nature stipulated in Appendix III of the Investment Law 2020
[4] Prostitution services
[5] Human trafficking, trafficking of human tissues, corpses, organs, human fetuses
[6] Business activities related to human asexual reproduction
[7] Trading in explosive fireworks
[8] Debt collection services
[9] Trading in national treasures
[10] Trading in the export of relics and antiquities
