Management of business organizations and individuals by geographical areas in Vietnam

According to the Circular No. 27/2020/TT-BCT of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, management of business organizations and individuals by geographical areas is stipulated as follows:

1. Entities subject to management activities by geographical areas include:

- Business organizations and individuals in the geographical area of the market surveillance authorities;

- Places of production, business, delivery, preservation and storage of goods; terminal facilities, domestic airports, seaports, ports, inland wharves, railway stations, post offices; shopping malls, duty-free shops, supermarkets, and markets within the geographical area of the market surveillance authorities;

- Places of production, business, delivery, preservation and storage of goods; terminal facilities, domestic airports, seaports, ports, inland wharves, railway stations, post offices; shopping malls, duty-free shops, supermarkets, and markets, etc. and organizations and individuals engaged in production and trading of commercial goods and services within the geographical area of customs but not subject to management of the customs in accordance with the law.

2. The contents of management activities by geographical areas are specified in clause 1, Article 33 of the Ordinance on Market Management of Vietnam.

3. Authority to assign management by geographical areas

The assignment of management by geographical areas is decided in writing by the leader of the market surveillance team to one or more officers for implementation.  In case there are many officers assigned to manage the same geographical area, the leader of the market surveillance team shall appoint one officer to be the chief who is responsible for regularly reporting or consolidating information on the management of the area.

4. Content of the assignment decision

The assignment decision must clearly state the specific management geographical area, the list of officers, the matters to be managed and the reporting regime. Any officer who performs management activities by geographical area outside the head office of the market surveillance team must document a journal for management and supervision.

5. Responsibilities for assigning management by geographical areas

- The leader of the local market surveillance team is responsible for consolidating, building, managing and using the management information database within the assigned geographical area and implementing the reporting regime at the request of the Director of the Department of province.

- The Director of the Department of province is responsible for consolidating, building, managing and using the management information database within the assigned geographical area and implementing the reporting regime at the request of the General Director.

- The General Director is answerable to the Minister of Industry and Trade for building, managing and developing the information database system on management of geographical areas; guide the exploitation, use and ensure maintenance, operation, keeping confidentiality, security of the management database system nationwide.

View more details at the Circular No. 27/2020/TT-BCT of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, effective from December 01, 2020.

Thuy Tram

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