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What documents are required for Enterprise Registration Certificate?
Based on Clause 4, Article 24 of Decree No. 168/2025/ND-CP, the dossier includes:; Complete dossier for Joint stock company incorporation; Application for Business Registration; Company Charter; List of founding shareholders; list of foreign investor shareholders; list of beneficial owners of the business (if any).; Copies of Legal documents of shareholders.; A power of attorney authorizing an individual to carry out procedures related to business registration. This power of attorney does not require notarization or authentication.
Decree No. 168/2025/ND-CPArticle 24 of Decree No. 168/2025/ND-CP
What is the procedure for Enterprise Registration Certificate?
The business has the right to decide on the form, number, and content of its seal. The content of the seals must consistently show the following information:; Business name;; Business registration number.; In addition, businesses need to complete procedures before officially commencing operations, such as:; Putting up company signage; Purchasing digital signatures; Engraving round seals, title seals,…; File electronic tax returns, purchase electronic invoices.
Decree No. 168/2025/ND-CPArticle 24 of Decree No. 168/2025/ND-CP
What is the procedure for Trademark Registration?
After receiving amendment dossiers, the National Office of Intellectual Property will have to proceed:; Announce the amended and supplemented contents in case of request to amend or supplement information related to the formally valid application recorded in the decision to accept the valid application; Trademark samples and accompanying list of goods and services;; The amended and supplemented content is assessed in terms of form according to the provisions of Article 109 of the Intellectual Property Law and relevant legal regulations;; Conduct a reassessment if the amendment application is filed after there is a notice of intention to grant a protection title and amendments related to the
Decree No. 65/2023/ND-CPDecree 65/2023/ND-CPCircular 01/2007/TT-BKHCNLaw on Intellectual Property 2005Article 16 of Decree 65/2023/ND-CP includingArticle 16 of Decree 65/2023/ND-CP regulating amendments and supplements to industrial property registration applicationsArticle 26 of Decree 65/2023/ND-CP
What documents are required for Trademark Registration?
According to the provisions of Decree 65/2023/ND-CP, the person requesting amendments and supplements to the application must pay the following fees:; Fee for examination of the request for amendments and supplements for each amended content (in case of payment via postal service or direct payment to the account of the state management agency on industrial property rights): 160,000 VND ;; Fee for publishing information on amendments and supplements to applications according to regulations if the amended or supplemented content must be published: 120,000 VND;; Re-examination fee (if subject to re- examination according to regulations): 550,000 VND;; Note: In case the amendments and supplement
Decree No. 65/2023/ND-CPDecree 65/2023/ND-CPCircular 01/2007/TT-BKHCNLaw on Intellectual Property 2005Article 16 of Decree 65/2023/ND-CP includingArticle 16 of Decree 65/2023/ND-CP regulating amendments and supplements to industrial property registration applicationsArticle 26 of Decree 65/2023/ND-CP
What documents are required for Work Permit?
☐ Valid passport.; ☐ Two 4x6cm color photos (white background, taken no more than 6 months ago).; ☐ Valid health certificate.; ☐ Criminal record certificate or document confirming no criminal record and not currently under criminal investigation.; ☐ Documents proving the type of employment of the foreign worker.; ☐ Documents proving the status of manager, executive director, expert, or technical worker as prescribed.
Decree 219/2025/ND-CPDecree No. 219/2025/ND-CPArticle 18 of Decree 219/2025/ND-CP
What conditions apply to Work Permit?
Pursuant to Article 151 of the 2019 Labor Code, foreign workers working in Vietnam are people with foreign nationality and must meet the following conditions:; Be 18 years old or older and have full civil capacity;; Have professional qualifications, techniques, skills, and work experience; Have good health according to regulations of the Minister of Health;; Not a person who is serving a sentence or has not had a criminal record erased or is being prosecuted for criminal liability according to foreign or Vietnamese law;; Have a work permit issued by a competent Vietnamese state agency, except in cases where foreign workers working in Vietnam are not subject to a work permit.
Decree 152/2020/ND-CPDecree No. 70/2023/ND-CPDecree 12/2022/ND-CPDecree 70/2023/ND-CPArticle 12 of Decree 152/2020/ND-CPArticle 1 of Decree 70/2023/ND-CPArticle 13 of Decree 152/2020/ND-CP stipulating the components of the dossier requesting reissuance of a work permit includeArticle 15 of Decree 152/2020/ND-CP is as followsArticle 14 of Decree 152/2020/ND-CP
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