Which authorities have competence to grant registration of e-commerce website in Vietnam?

Which authorities have competence to grant registration of e-commerce website in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 58 of the Decree 52/2013/NĐ-CP stipulating as follows: 

1. The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall certify registrations of e-commerce service provision websites.

2. The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall specify requirements on the content of dossiers, order and procedures for registration, modification or supplementation of registration and deregistration of e-commerce service provision websites.

As regulations above, the Ministry of Industry and Trade shall have competence to certify registrations of e-commerce service provision websites.

What are procedures for registration for setting up e-commerce websites in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 55 of the same Decree stipulating procedures for registration for setting up e-commerce websites in Vietnam as follows: 

1. Traders and organizations shall make registrations online with the Ministry of Industry and Trade for setting up e-commerce service provision websites after their websites have been completed with adequate structure, utilities and information according to service provision plans and operating at registered addresses of domain names, and before officially providing services to users.

2. A registration dossier comprises:

a/ An application for registration for setting up an e-commerce service website;

b/ Certified copies of the establishment decision (for organizations), business registration certificate, investment certificate or investment license (for traders);

c/ The service provision plan as prescribed in Clause 3, Article 54 of this Decree;

d/ Regulation on operation management of the e-commerce service website in compliance with this Decree and relevant laws;

dd/ Model service provision contract and general transaction conditions, if any;

e/ Other documents prescribed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

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