Procedures for registration of sales promotion to Department of Industry and Trade in Vietnam

Procedures for registration of sales promotion to Department of Industry and Trade in Vietnam (Artwork)

Step 1: Prepare the application

Traders must prepare an application for registration of sales promotion which includes:

• An application form for registration of sales promotion according to Form no.2 provided in the Appendix issued together with Decree 81/2018/ND-CP;

• Documented rules of sales promotion according to Form no.3 provided in the Appendix issued together with Decree 81/2018/ND-CP;

• Proofs of prize winning or a detailed description of such proofs;

• An uncertified copy of document of the promotional product as required by laws

Note: Contents of registration of sales promotion contain:

• the name of the trader doing sales promotion;

• the name of the sales promotion;

• the locality where such sale promotion is done (province, city where the trader do the sales promotion);

• the type of sales promotion;

• the promoted product;

• the promotional product (prize or gift);

• time of sales promotion;

• customers of the sales promotion who benefit from the promotion

• prize structure and total value of the prizes of the promotion;

• details of the promotion (rules of the sales promotion)

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

Step 2: Submit application

- The traders submits the application to the Department of Industry and Trade where the promotion is held for

Promotional games of chance conducted in the locality of a province or centrally-affiliated city; promotional games of chance conducted in localities of 2 or more provinces and centrally-affiliated cities and other types of promotional games of chance.

- Traders may make registration in one of the following forms:

• Submitting an application for registration to competent state management agencies by post;

• Submitting an application for registration directly to the head office of competent state management agencies;

• Using the public online service system provided by competent state management agencies.

Note: The application must be sent to the competent authority at least 03 working days before the promotion.

Step 3: Return the result

Competent state management agencies in charge of commerce must consider and reply to traders whether to certify their registration of sales promotion programs within 05 working days from the day on which the application is received.

Competent state management agencies must provide clear explanation as regulated by laws if refusing such registration

Note: according to the receiving date recorded in the delivery note if such application is sent by post or according to the date recorded in the confirmation note if it is submitted directly or the date recorded on the system if it is sent via the public online website system.

Le Vy

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