Franchise

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:

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

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...

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...

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[...]

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...

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...

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....

Question: Our company would like to franchise to a company in Ha noi. Accordingly, we need to register commercial franchising at Ministry of Industry and Trade. Please provide us with documents and information required for this procedure and your proposal. Answer: 1. FRANCHISE REGISTRATION The franchisors from abroad have to franchise registration...