Franchise

We understand that your company would like to become a master franchise from an oversea franchise. Accordingly, the oversea franchisor must register their franchise activity at Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) before taking any franchise action in Vietnam. For the foregoing, our scope of work will include: -         Registering the...

Question: How complicated it is to change from independent to dependent  branch? Answer: If you wish to change from independent to dependent branch, you shall have to finalize the tax obligation of the branch office in Ho Chi Minh City first. It may take you time to complete this step. Generally, you shall...

Required documents for franchise registration in Vietnam is as follows:

Legal regulation for franchise registration in Vietnam

At the end of the 1990s, franchise was still a strange concept to most people in Việt Nam. There were no opportunities to enjoy or even see the products and services of the world’s well-known brands in Việt Nam. KFC, McDonald, Starbucks and Lotteria were not familiar names for Vietnamese youth....

It is our understanding that the foreign partner would like to appointes Vietnam company as the Franchisee to conduct the business in Vietnam in using of its Intellectual Property Rights and Know How in Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as the “Territory”).

Please be informed that an individual/organization may be punished with the following measures in case carrying out the franchise action without registration in Vietnam: -       Administrative measure: According to the regulation at Article 95.3(a) of Decree No. 185/2013/NĐ-CP. According to this regulation, the fine for this action of an organization is 10,000,000.00...

Under the Circular No. 09/2006/TT-BTM dated May 25th, 2006 of Ministry of Trade (Ministry of Industry and Trade – now) guiding on the commercial franchising registration[...]

SBLaw would like to give some information about experience in the field of Franchise Contract and Franchise Registration as follow: