Procedures for renewal of a project office registration certificate of a non-governmental organization in Vietnam

Specifically, according to Article 13 of Decree No. 12/2012/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, at least 60 (sixty) days before a representative office registration certificate expires, a foreign non-governmental organization shall submit directly or by post to the Committee for Foreign Non-Governmental Organization Affairs a dossier (a dossier in a foreign language must be enclosed with a lawfully certified Vietnamese translation), which comprises:

- An application for renewal of a representative office registration certificate.

- The original representative office registration certificate.

- A brief report on the organization's activities during the validity term of the granted representative office registration certificate.

- An operation plan of the organization during the validity term of the renewed representative office registration certificate.

Within 30 (thirty) working days after receiving a complete and valid dossier, the Committee for Foreign Non-Governmental Organization Affairs shall notify in writing the result to the concerned foreign non-governmental organization.

If being approved for renewal of its project office registration certificate, a foreign non-governmental organization shall send the application signee to receive the renewed project office registration certificate directly at the office of the Committee for Foreign Non-Governmental Organization Affairs. In case another person is authorized to do so, this person shall produce a letter of authorization and personal paper (passport, identity card, etc.), or the foreign non-governmental organization may receive the project office registration certificate by post.

Particularly, a renewed project office registration certificate is valid for 5 (five) years from the date of its renewal, but not exceeding the operation registration time limit for the foreign non-governmental organization in the country in which that organization is established or headquartered, in case the law of that country provides the operation registration time limit for non-governmental organizations.

More details can be found in Decree No. 12/2012/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, which takes effect from June 01, 2012.

Le Vy

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