Do traders doing sales promotion have to notify and register in Vietnam? Which agency can traders notify sales promotion activities in Vietnam?

Do traders doing sales promotion have to notify and register in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 16 of Decree 81/2018/ND-CP stipulating obligations of traders doing sales promotion as follows:

1. The trader doing sales promotion prescribed in Point a in Clause 1 in Article 2 of this Decree is required to:

a) notify and register sales promotion with competent regulatory agencies;

b) be responsible to laws and customers for sales promotion programs, except for hiring traders that do sales promotion as prescribed in Point b in Clause 1 in Article 2 of this Decree;

c) provide customers, distribution traders and relevant parties with sufficient, accurate and clear information required to be publicly notified as prescribed in Article 97 of the Commercial Law;

d) fulfill other obligations as prescribed in Article 96 of the Commercial Law and this Decree.

2. The trader doing sales promotion prescribed in Point b in Clause 1 in Article 2 of this Decree is required to:

a) fulfill other obligations as prescribed in Clause 5 in Article 96 of the Commercial Law and this Decree.

b) be responsible to laws and customers for activities specified in the sales promotion service contract.

Thus, according to current regulations in Vietnam, in case you want to conduct promotional activities, you must have the obligation to register for sales promotion with the competent state agency.

Which agency can traders notify sales promotion activities in Vietnam? 

According to Clause 1, Article 17 of Decree No. 81/2018/ND-CP, notification of sales promotion is as follows:

1. Traders must notify sales promotion activities to all Departments of Trade and Industry of localities where the sales promotion is conducted before conducting sales promotion programs in the forms prescribed in Clause 8 in Article 92 of the Commercial Law and Article 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 14 of this Decree. The notification document must be sent to the Department of Trade and Industry at least 03 working days before the sales promotion program is conducted (according to the receiving date specified in the delivery note if the document is sent by post, according to the date recorded in the confirmation note of if it is sent directly; according to the time recorded on the email system or the date recorded on the system if it is sent via the public online service system).

According to this Article, when conducting promotions in Vietnam, traders need to carry out administrative procedures to notify promotions to all Departments of Trade and Industry where the promotion is held.

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