Requirements
Natural persons
Legal persons
Representatives
For all kind of investors:
1.
Request for investment project implementation (original)
2.
Written explanation for technology of investment project (original)
approved by Science and Technology Council
3.
Draft of company charter (original)
Including signatures of legal representative(s), authorized representative(s), and:
- the owner (of one-member LLC)
- all members (of LCC with 2 or more members)
- all founding shareholders (of joint stock company)
4.
List of authorized representatives (original)
(applicable to one-member limited liability company)
or
List of company members (in accordance with Appendix I-6 of Circular 01/2013/TT-BKHDT) (original)
(applicable to limited liability company with 2 or more members)
or
List of founding shareholders (original)
(applicable to joint stock company)
5.
MOU on land lease (original)
6.
Authenticated copy of Passport or Vietnamese ID card of legal representative of company to be set up
7.
Passport or Vietnamese ID card (original)
of the person who is submitting documents to present at the counter
For individual investors, supplement:
1.
Authenticated copies of Passports or Vietnamese ID cards of individual investors
2.
Consular legalized copy of bank statement
3.
Certified translation of legalized copy of bank statement
For corporate investors, supplement:
1.
Consular legalized copy of certificate of incorporation
2.
Certified translation of legalized copy of certificate of incorporation
3.
Consular legalized copy of latest audited financial statement
(audited financial statement of most recent 2 years)
4.
Certified translation of legalized copy of latest audited financial statement
5.
Power of attorney (original)
by the investor to the authorized representative of the company to be established
6.
Authenticated copies of Passports or Vietnamese ID cards of authorized representatives
For establishment of joint venture company between foreign investors and Vietnamese investors, supplement:
1.
Joint venture agreement (original)
initialed by the authorized representatives of the joint venture parties (foreign investors and Vietnamese investors) on each page and sign the last page in full.
2.
Written approval for using State capital in investment/joint venture (original)
approving Vietnamese investor to use State capital in joint venture (if applicable)
For investment project having investment capital of three hundred (300) billion VND and above, supplement:
1.
Economic-technical explanatory statement (original)
comprising the following main items: objectives, scale, location of investment, invested capital, schedule for implementation of the project, land use requirements, and technological and environmental solutions.
If the investors authorize other person or a service company to submit/collect documents, supplement:
1.
Power of attorney (original)
by the investors to the person or service company submitting the application documents
Time frame
Attention at counter:
Min. 5mn - Max. 30mn
Waiting time until next step:
Min. 5 days - Max. 7 days
Legal justification
1.
Law No. 67/2014/QH13 dated 26/11/2014 of the National Assembly on Investment
articles 46, 47, 48, 50
2.
Law No. 68/2014/QH13 dated 26/11/2014 of the National Assembly on Enterprises
articles 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23
3.
Decree 108/2006/ND-CP dated 22/11/ 2006 (EN) providing guidelines for implementation of a number of articles of Law on Investment
articles 4, 6.2, 7.3, 40, 41, 44, 45, 49, 53, 54
4.
Decree 43/2010/ND-CP of the Government dated Apirl 15, 2010 on enterprise registration (EN)
articles 5, 20, 21, 24, 25
5.
Decree 05/2013/ND-CP dated 09/01/2013 of the Government (EN) amending and supplementing a number of articles of provisions on administrative procedures of Government’s Decree No. 43/2010/ND-CP, of April 15, 2010, on enterprise registration
articles 1.1, 1.2
6.
Circular 01/2013/TT-BKHDT ( Expired. Replaced by Cir. 20/2015/TT-BKHDT)of the Ministry of Planning and Investment dated January 21, 2013 on business registration
articles 9, 15
7.
Decision 1088/2006/QD-BKH (expired, replaced by Cir. 16/2015/TT-BKHDT) of the Ministry of Planning and Investment dated October 19, 2006, issuing standard forms for conducting investment procedures in Vietnam
Article AppendixI-3
8.
Decision 71/QD-KCNC dated 20/06/2007 of Saigon Hi-tech Park (VN) Guiding investement procedures of Saigon Hi-Tech Park
Chapter terI.V
9.
Decision No. 27/2006/QD-BKHCN dated on December 18, 2006 of the Ministry of Science and Technology enacting "Regulations on criteria for determining projects in hi-tech production"
Article 3.b
Additional information
- Number of Documents needed: 4 set (1 original).
- Languages: in Vietnamese or in Vietnamese and English.
- All foreign documents must be legally authenticated/stamped by the Consular authorities and dated within 3 months of the date of application submission.
The investor (or it authorized representative) may send the required documents to SHTP for its review and comments before the official submission. The SHTP officers will review documents at the counter and require the applicant to provide additional documents. If the application is eligible, the document receipt will be issued.
SHTP has maximum of 7 business days (applicable to projects with capital up to 300 billion VND) or 45 business days (applicable to projects with capital of 300 billion VND and above) to issue the certificate.

Letter of certification