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Business Registration Office

Vietnamese: Cơ quan đăng ký kinh doanh

The provincial office that issues ERCs and records corporate changes.

Where it comes up

  • Setting up a new company in Vietnam: the ordinary procedure (R1)
  • Projects requiring Investment Policy Approval in Vietnam (R2)
  • Land-based projects: auction, bidding and investor selection (R3)
  • The special investment procedure for projects in zones (R4)
  • Buying shares in a Vietnamese company without prior approval (R5)
  • M&A registration before closing: foreign share acquisitions (R6)
  • Acquiring an investment project in Vietnam (R7)
  • Investing through an existing Vietnam company with foreign ownership (R9)
  • Public-private partnership projects in Vietnam (R10)
  • Opening a branch or representative office in Vietnam
  • Capital, foreign exchange and the DICA
  • Employment, work permits and visas for foreign staff
  • Personal data, cybersecurity and compliance

Related terms

  • M&A Registration
  • Investment registration authority
  • FIE
  • Foreign-investor treatment threshold
  • All terms

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Vietnam Foreign Investment Navigator

Based on the Vietnam Foreign Investment Navigator 2026 prepared by Trinh Ngoc Nam, published here with permission. Legal status reviewed as of 18 September 2026.

General orientation only. This site does not give legal advice and does not replace advice from a lawyer licensed in Vietnam on your specific facts. Vietnamese law and administrative practice change often.

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