Need-to-knows for Startups: What does the establishment dossier include?

Type of enterprise.

Papers and documents

Private enterprises
(Article 21)

- A copy of the personal identification paper of the private enterprise owner. Valid citizenship identity or ID cards, or Vietnamese passports or other documents.

Partnerships
(Article 22)

- A written request for enterprise registration.

- The partnership’s charter

- List of members

- Copies of:

+ Personal identification papers: Valid citizenship identity or ID cards, or Vietnamese passports;

+ Organization identification papers of partnership members being organizations Establishment decision, enterprise registration certificate, valid citizenship identity or ID cards of legal representatives...

+ Organization identification papers of partnership members being foreign organizations: Copies of their organization identification papers shall be consular legalized;

+ Personal identification papers of representatives under authorization (If any): Valid citizenship identity or ID cards, or Vietnamese passports, and their powers of attorney...

+ For an enterprise established or jointly established by foreign investors or foreign-invested economic organizations: The investment registration certificate.

A limited liability company with two or more members, joint stock companies (Article 23)

- A written request for enterprise registration.

- The partnership’s charter.

- A list of members (a limited liability company with two or more members); or a list of founding shareholders and shareholders being foreign investors (a joint stock company).

- Copies of the following papers:

- Legal papers (copies) of:

. The company’s representatives being individuals: Valid citizenship identity or ID cards, or Vietnamese passports;

. Company’s members, founding shareholders or shareholders, who are foreign investors, being individuals: Valid citizenship identity or ID cards, or Vietnamese passports;

. Company’s members, founding shareholders or shareholders, who are foreign investors, being organization: Valid citizenship identity or ID cards, or Vietnamese passports of the representatives; establishment decision or business registration certificate or enterprise registration certificate...

. Representatives authorized by the company’s members, founding shareholders or shareholders, who are foreign investors, being organizations: Their powers of attorney with above documents

+ If the members and shareholders are foreign organizations, copies of their organization identification papers shall be consular legalized; The investment registration certificate.

A single-member limited liability company
(Article 24)

- A written request for enterprise registration.

- The company’s charter.

- Copies of the following papers:

- Legal papers (copies) of:

. At-law representatives of enterprises being individual: Valid citizenship identity or ID cards, or Vietnamese passports;

. Company owners being individual: Valid citizenship identity or ID cards, or Vietnamese passports;

. The company owners (except for the company owner being the State) being organizations: Valid citizenship identity or ID cards, or Vietnamese passports of the representatives; establishment decision or business registration certificate or enterprise registration certificate...

. Their powers of attorney: Documents for powers of attorney, valid citizenship identity or ID cards, or passports of the attorney.

+ For an enterprise established by foreign investors or foreign-invested economic organizations in accordance with the Law on Investment and guiding documents: The investment registration certificate.