Franchise

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[...]

After issuing the Notification of approval of commcercial franchising activity for foreign company, the Ministry of Industry and Trade also issues Guiding the implementation of education franchising activity with the following content:

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....

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...

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”).

Required documents for franchise registration in Vietnam is as follows:

Q: We are a education company in Vietnam and would like to register franchise activity in Vietnam, please advise legal procedure and SBLAW’s fee? A: Regarding the registration of franchise system in Vietnam, SBLAW would like to send client our advice as follows: Scope of works, ESTIMATED TIME AND FEES A. Establishing...

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: We are Vietnamese company and would like to sign a franchise contract with foreign company, please provide us the legal service on franchise contract consultancy, franchise registration and license registration in Vietnam. Answer: SBLAW would like to propose to you the quotation of our legal service on franchise contract...