Are household businesses allowed to have multiple business location in Vietnam?

Are household businesses allowed to have multiple business location in Vietnam? (Internet image) 

Regarding this issue, LawNet responded as follows:

1. Are household businesses allowed to have multiple business location in Vietnam?

Specifically, Article 86 of Decree 01/2021/ND-CP stipulates the business location of a household business as follows:

- The business location of a household business is the place where specific business operations are carried out.

- A household business may carry out business operations at multiple locations but must select a location as its headquarters and notify it to tax authorities and market surveillance authorities at places of other business locations.

Thus, business households may do business at many locations, but must choose one location to register the business household's head office and must notify in accordance with the law.

2. Certificate of household business registration in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 82 of Decree 01/2021/ND-CP, certificate of household business registration is as follows:

- Certificates of household business registration shall be issued to household businesses that are duly established and operating under Decree 01/2021/ND-CP. A household business shall be issued with the certificate of household business registration if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

+ The registered business lines are not banned;

+ The name of the household business is conformable with regulations of Article 88 of Decree 01/2021/ND-CP;

+ The application for household business registration is valid;

+ Fees for household business registration are fully paid.

- The certificate of household business registration is issued according to information in the application for household business registration, which is provided by the household business founder.

- Information on the certificate of household business registration is effective from its date of issue; the household business is entitled to do business from the date of issue of the certificate of household business registration, except for conditional business lines.

In case the household business registers the date of commencement of business after the date of issue of the certificate of household business registration, the household business is entitled to do business from the registered date, except for conditional business lines.

- Every household business may receive the certificate of household business registration directly at the office of the district-level business registration authority or pay fees to receive it by post.

- The household business is entitled to request the district-level business registration authority to provide copies of the certificate of household business registration and pay fees for them.

3. Procedures for household business registration in Vietnam

Procedures for household business registration in Vietnam are specified in Article 87 of Decree 01/2021/ND-CP as follows:

- The household business registration shall be carried out at the business registration authority of district where the household business is headquartered.

- An application for household business registration includes:

+ The application form for household business registration;

+ Legal documents of the owner of the household business or family household members applying for household business registration;

+ The copy of the minutes of meeting of family household members on establishment of household business in case the household business is established by family household members;

d) The copy of the letter of authorization made by the family household members to authorize a person to act as the owner of the household business in case the household business is established by family household members.

3. When receiving the application, the district-level business registration authority shall give a confirmation slip and issue the certificate of household business registration to the household business within 03 working days from the receipt of the valid application.

If the application is not satisfactory, within 03 working days from the receipt of the application, the district-level business registration authority shall give a written notification to the applicant or the household business founder. Such notification must specify necessary revisions (if any).

4. After 03 working days from the date of submission of the application for household business registration, if neither the certificate of household business registration is issued nor the notification of necessary revisions is given, the household business or its founder is entitled to lodge a complaint or denunciation in accordance with regulations of the Law on complaints and denunciation.

5. In the first week of every month, the district-level business registration authority shall send a list of household businesses registered in the previous month to the tax authority of the same district, the Business Registration Office, and regulatory agencies of the province.

Ho Quoc Tuan

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