Registration on changing the company’s name

a) Implementation order:

Note: The company’s legal representative is responsible for registration of change of the address of head office of the company within 10 days from the date that the change occurs.

·      The company sends the Notice to the Business registration office where the company is issued the Enterprise registration certificate. The Notice includes:

a. Current name, Business No., Tax code or Enterprise registration certificate No.  (if without Business No., Tax code);

b. Name expected to change;

c. Full name and signature of the company’s legal representative.

      The Notice must include all documents specified in section c (Documents)

b) Implementation method:

·    The company directly submits documents on change of content of Enterprise registration certificate to the Business registration office where the company registered its head office or the legal representative submits documents via electronic network according to the procedures on the National Information Portal on enterprise registration.

·      Upon receiving the Notice of the company, the Business registration office issues the receipt, checks the validity of documents and issues the Enterprise registration certificate to the company.

c) Documents, including:

·    Notice on change of the content of enterprise registration (Annex II-1, Circular No. 20/2015/TT-BKHDT);

·     Decision and valid copy of meeting record of the Board of Members for limited liability company with more than two members;

·     Decision and valid copy of meeting record of the General Meeting of Shareholders for joint stock company;

·      Decision and valid copy of meeting record of general partners for partnership;

·      Decision of the company’s owner for one member limited liability company.

Note: Decisions and meeting records must specify the contents amended in the company’s charter.

d) Number of documents: 01 set.

đ) Time limit for settlement: Within three (03) working days, after receipt of full valid documents

e) Implementing agency: Business registration office - Department of Planning and Investment.

g) Subjects of administrative procedures: Individuals, organizations.

h) Results of administrative procedures: Enterprise registration certificate/ Notice on amending and supplementing enterprise registration documents.

i) Fee: VND 200,000/ time (Circular No. 176/2012/TT-BTC) (Payment at time of filling).

k) Name of form, declaration:

·      Notice on change of the content of enterprise registration (Annex II-1, Circular No. 20/2015/TT-BKHDT);

l) Requirements and conditions for procedure implementation: Defined in Article 28, 29, 31 of the Enterprise Law and Article 41 Decree No. 78/2015/ND-CP. Name of the company is defined in article 38, 39, 40, 42 of the Enterprise Law.

m) Legal basis of administrative procedures:

·      The Enterprise Law of the Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam No. 68/2014/QH13 dated 26/11/2014 (The Enterprise Law);

·      Decree No. 78/2015/ND-CP dated 14/9/2015 of the Government on enterprise registration (Decree No. 78/2015/ND-CP);

·      Circular No. 20/2015/TT-BKHDT dated 01/12/2015 of the Ministry of Planning and Investment guiding the enterprise registration (Circular No. 20/2015/TT-BKHDT);

·      Circular No. 176/2012/TT-BTC dated 23/10/2012 of the Ministry of Finance providing for the collection level, collection regime, payment, management and use of fees of enterprise registration, business household registration and enterprise information supply fee  (Circular No. 176/2012/TT-BTC