To establish a company in Vietnam for production and business purposes, you need to pay attention to the following basic steps
Step 1: Clearly identify the type of company
Determining the type of a company that suits your needs and abilities makes the best management and operation of the company possible. In Vietnam, there are 05 (five) types of companies with different sizes and highlights:
- Private company
- Partnership
- One member limited liability company
- Two or more members limited liability company
- Shareholding company.
Step 2. Choose a company’s name in accordance with the provisions of Vietnamese Law
The selection of a company’s name in accordance with the Company Law of Vietnam is convenient for the business registration procedures as well as branding when the company has been put into operation. Therefore, business owners need to consider carefully before deciding to choose a name for their company.
Step 3. Select a company’s headquarters
The selection of a company’s headquarter office must comply with the following basic rules: the address of the head office must be within the territory of Vietnam, with information identified including house number, lane, niche, alley (if any), street, city, and so forth.
Step 4. Clearly define the business sectors of your company
Clearly identifying the business sectors will help business owners choose one or several sectors that the company intends to have business in, to achieve maximum business efficiency.
Step 5. Decide on the amount of capital that will be contributed to the company for production and business activities
It should be noted that a number of conditional business sectors will require a minimum of legal capital that the owner or shareholder pledges to contribute.
Step 6. Select a legal representative of a company
The legal representative of a company is the individual who exercises the rights and fulfils the obligations on when making transactions on behalf of the company, represents the company as the plaintiff, defendant; and the person with relevant interests and duties before the arbitral tribunal, or the court exercises other rights and fulfils other obligations as prescribed by law. According to the type of a company, the owner can choose one or more legal representatives who meet the conditions to become a legal representative as provided by Vietnamese Law to present to the company.
Step 7. Prepare application forms for business registration
Base on the type of a company, there is a different of application form for business registration. The owner can research the Company Law of Vietnam for more details or look for a company lawyer for their professional and experienced services.
Step 8. Procedures for making company seals
Every company is entitled to decide the form, quantity, and contents of its seal. A seal must specify the company’s name and the company’s ID number. Before using the seal, the company must send the seal design to the business registration authority for the business registration authority to post it on the National Business Registration Portal.
Step 9. Procedures after establishing a company
After finishing the application process, the business owner should carry out these procedures such as the tax procedure, the procedure for opening a bank account, and so forth.
There are 09 (nine) steps to open a company in Vietnam. To save time and money on this process, the business owner can look for a Vietnamese Company Lawyer to archive their desired outcome.
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