Is it mandatory to submit a promotional notification document directly at the Department of Trade and Industry in Vietnam?

Is it mandatory to submit a promotional notification document directly at the Department of Trade and Industry in Vietnam?

According to Clause 3, Article 17 of Decree No. 81/2018/ND-CP stipulating Traders may select one of the following forms of notification:

a) Submitting a notification document to the Department of Trade and Industry of the locality where the sales promotion program is conducted by post;

a) Submitting a notification document directly to the head office of the Department of Trade and Industry of the locality where the sales promotion program is conducted;

c) Submitting a notification document with an e-signature or a scan of the announcement of sales promotion bearing the signature and seal of such traders to the email address published by the Departments of Trade and Industry;

d) Using the public online service system provided by the Department of Trade and Industry.

Thus, according to current regulations in Vietnam, in addition to the method of submitting dossiers directly through the offices of the Department of Trade and Industry where the promotion is held in Vietnam, traders can send them by post or by email with an e-signature or a scan of the announcement of sales promotion bearing the signature and seal of such traders to the email address published by the Departments of Trade and Industry to submit the notice.

What does contents of sales promotion to be notified in Vietnam comprise?

According to Clause 5 of Article 17 of Decree No. 81/2018/ND-CP, contents of sales promotion to be notified shall contain:

a) the name of the trader doing sales promotion;

b) the name of the sales promotion;

c) the place of sales promotion program (province, city where the trader conduct the program);

d) the type of sales promotion;

dd) promoted product;

e) promotional product (prize or gift);

g) time of sales promotion;

h) customers of the sales promotion (who benefits from the sales promotion)

i) prize structure and total value of the prize of the sales promotion;

k) details of the sales promotion

l) names of traders involved in the sales promotion, duty of each trader engaged in such sales promotion if the sales promotion is done by more than one trader.

According to this Article, no matter how you submit your application, you must ensure the content is specified above in Vietnam.

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