Franchise in Vietnam

Franchise Lawyers in Vietnam

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[...]

Franchise Registration in Vietnam

Legal regulation for franchise registration in Vietnam

Change to dependent branch in HCM City

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...

Vietnam’s commercial franchise regulations under pressure to change

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....
Dispute Resolution

Guiding the implementation of education franchising activity

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:

Required documents for franchise registration in Vietnam

Required documents for franchise registration in Vietnam is as follows:
Penalty in case carrying out the franchise action without registration in Vietnam

Penalty in case carrying out the franchise action without registration in Vietnam

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...
Registering franchise activity in Vietnam

Q&A: Registering franchise activity in Vietnam

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...
Registering the franchise

Registering the franchise activity in Vietnam

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...