How many set of application are required for registration of a joint-stock company in Vietnam?

How many set of application are required for registration of a joint-stock company in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 9 of the Decree 01/2021/NĐ-CP stipulating quantity of application for enterprise registration in Vietnam as follows:

1. Each enterprise or its founder shall submit 01 application for enterprise registration.

2. The business registration authority is not allowed to request the enterprise or its founder to submit more applications or documents other than those in the application for enterprise registration in accordance with regulations of the Law on enterprises and those herein.

As regulations above, you only have to submit 1 set of application for enterprise registration for the Department of Planning and Investment.

What documents are included in the application for registration of a joint-stock company in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 23 of the Decree 01/2021/NĐ-CP stipulating the application for registration of a joint-stock company in Vietnam as follows:

1. Application form for enterprise registration.

2. The company’s charter.

3. List of members of the multi-member limited liability company; lists of founding shareholders and shareholders that are foreign investors of the joint-stock company.

4. Copies of the following documents:

a) Legal documents of the enterprise’s legal representative;

b) Legal documents of members or founding shareholders and foreign shareholders that are individuals; legal documents of members or founding shareholders and foreign shareholders that are organizations; legal documents of authorized representatives of members or founding shareholders and foreign shareholders that are organizations and their letters of appointment of authorized representatives.

If a member or shareholder is a foreign organization, copies of legal documents of that organization must be legalized;

c) Investment registration certificate if the enterprise is founded or co-founded by foreign investors or foreign-invested business entities in accordance with the Law on Investment and its guiding documents.

As regulations above, the application for registration of a joint-stock company in Vietnam shall include the application form; the company’s charter; the lists of founding shareholders and shareholders that are foreign investors; copies of legal documents of investors, founding shareholders and foreign shareholders.

Is it necessary to have signatures certified for the letter of attorney when submitting the application for registration of a joint-stock company in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 12 of the Decree 01/2021/NĐ-CP stipulating as follows:

The person competent to sign the application form for enterprise registration may authorize another entity to follow enterprise registration procedures according to the following provisions:

1. If an individual is authorized, the application for enterprise registration must include the letter of attorney and copies of legal documents of the authorized individual. The notarization or certification of the letter of attorney is not compulsory.

2. If an organization is authorized, the application for enterprise registration must include the copy of the service contract signed with the enterprise registration service provider, the letter of introduction and legal documents of the person introduced to directly follow enterprise registration procedures.

3. If a public postal service provider is authorized, the postal worker shall submit the copy of application receipt which is made according to the form stipulated by the public postal service provider and bears the signatures of the postal worker and the person competent to sign the application form for enterprise registration.

4. If a postal service provider that does not provide public postal services is authorized, such authorization shall follow Clause 2 of this Article.

As regulations above, you don't have to certify signatures of the letter of attorney when authorizing other person to carry out procedures for registration of a joint-stock company in Vietnam.

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