THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM | THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM |
No. 296/2026/ND-CP | Hanoi, July 23, 2026 |
AMENDMENTS TO GOVERNMENT’S DECREE NO. 168/2025/ND-CP DATED JUNE 30, 2025 ON ENTERPRISE REGISTRATION
Pursuant to the Law on Government Organization No. 63/2025/QH15;
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of Local Governments No. 72/2025/QH15;
Pursuant to the Law on Enterprises No. 59/2020/QH14, as amended by the Law No. 03/2022/QH15, and the Law No. 76/2025/QH15;
Pursuant to the Law on Investment No. 143/2025/QH15;
Pursuant to the Law on Bankruptcy and Rehabilitation No. 142/2025/QH15;
At the request of the Minister of Finance of Vietnam;
The Government promulgates a Decree providing amendments to the Government’s Decree No. 168/2025/ND-CP dated June 30, 2025 on enterprise registration.
Article 1. Amendments to some clauses of Article 4
1. Clause 1 is amended as follows:
“1. The enterprise’s founder or the enterprise shall themself complete the application for enterprise registration and take legal responsibility for the legitimacy, truthfulness, and accuracy of information declared therein and relevant reports. The owner, shareholders, and members of a company shall fully and strictly comply with regulations on assets contributed as capital set out in clause 2 Article 34 of the Law on Enterprises, and shall not act as nominees or use their names on behalf of any other person for the purpose of contributing capital to the enterprise.”.
2. Clauses 7 and 8 are added following clause 6 as follows:
“7. The provincial-level business registration authority shall access and use information already available in the National Enterprise Registration Database and other national databases and specialized databases, and shall not require the individual or organization (applicant) following enterprise registration procedures to submit a copy of the enterprise registration certificate, cooperative registration certificate, household business registration certificate, tax registration certificate, investment registration certificate, the investment registration authority’s written approval of capital contribution or purchase of shares/stakes by foreign investors or foreign-invested economic organizations, or the establishment and operation license, or a copy of the written approval of the State Securities Commission, a legally effective Court decision, or another document included in the application for enterprise registration as prescribed in the Law on Enterprises and this Decree.
Where the required information cannot be obtained, or the obtained information is incomplete or inaccurate, the provincial-level business registration authority shall request the applicant to submit copies of the above-mentioned documents in accordance with the Law on Enterprises and this Decree in order to complete the enterprise registration procedures. The applicant shall update and rectify the information in relevant databases in accordance with regulations of law.
The access to and use of information already available in relevant databases to replace components of the application for enterprise registration, on the basis of connection and sharing of information between the National Enterprise Registration Database and other databases, shall be carried out according to the notice published on the National Business Registration Portal.
8. For a single-member limited liability company of which 100% of charter capital is held by the State, a copy or the original of the resolution or decision of the company owner, or the document appointing the authorized representative of the owner that is an organization, included in the application for enterprise registration as prescribed in the Law on Enterprises and this Decree, may be replaced with a document issued by a competent organization or individual in accordance with regulations of law on management and investment of state capital in enterprises, and other relevant laws.”.
Article 2. Amendments to clause 5 Article 12
“5. The authorizing person and the person authorized to follow enterprise registration procedures shall assume legal responsibility for the legitimacy, truthfulness and accuracy of such authorization. The authorizing person and the authorized person must carry out electronic authentication in order to be issued with an enterprise registration certificate when following procedures for registration of an enterprise, or registration of replacement of the legal representative, the owner, or members of a limited liability company, or registration of changes in information on founding shareholders or shareholders that are foreign investors of a joint-stock company that is not listed or registered for securities trading, or registration of replacement of the sole proprietor, or general partners.
In case of interrupted electronic authentication, the authorizing person may complete the electronic authentication after an enterprise registration certificate has been issued. Where the authorizing person fails to confirm the authorization, or confirms that no authorization has been made, to follow enterprise registration procedures, the provincial-level business registration authority shall request the subject enterprise to submit a report as prescribed in clause 5 Article 21 of this Decree.
Where an electronic identification account is not yet available to serve the electronic authentication, the application for enterprise registration must be accompanied by a copy of the unexpired identity card, citizen identity card, passport, foreign passport, or another document of equivalent validity in lieu of a foreign passport, of the authorizing person.”.
Article 3. Amendments to Article 17
“Article 17. Beneficial owners of an enterprise
A beneficial owner of an enterprise having juridical person status is one or more individuals who, directly or indirectly, ultimately own or exercise effective control over the enterprise, excluding an individual representing state capital in the enterprise (hereinafter referred to as “beneficial owner of the enterprise”). The beneficial owner shall be one or more individuals identified as follows:
1. An individual who, directly or indirectly, or both directly and indirectly, owns 25% or more of the charter capital or 25% or more of the total voting shares of the enterprise.
An indirect owner is an individual who owns 25% or more of the charter capital or 25% or more of the total voting shares of the enterprise through organizations or other legal arrangements.
Where a group of individuals having a family relationship as prescribed in clause 22 Article 4 of the Law on Enterprises, or bound by a contract, jointly own, directly or indirectly, or both directly and indirectly, 25% or more of the charter capital or 25% or more of the total voting shares of the enterprise, the enterprise shall identify the individuals within such group as beneficial owners of the enterprise.
For a partnership, all general partners are considered its beneficial owners regardless of their respective proportion of contributed charter capital or voting rights in the partnership.
2. Where no individual satisfies the criteria set out in clause 1 of this Article, or there are grounds to determine that an individual identified under the criteria set out in clause 1 of this Article is not the beneficial owner of the enterprise, the enterprise shall determine its beneficial owners using other methods as prescribed by law or based on factual circumstances. Control is exercised through one or more of the following rights: the right to appoint, remove or dismiss a majority or all members of, or the Chairperson of, the Board of Directors or the Board of Members, the Director or General Director; the right to revise the enterprise’s charter; the right to make changes in the organizational structure; the right to determine the enterprise’s financial, investment and operational policies; and the right to reorganize or dissolve the enterprise.
3. Where no individual satisfies the criteria set out in clauses 1 and 2 of this Article, the enterprise shall identify, as its beneficial owner, the individual with the highest managerial authority who is authorized to act on behalf of the enterprise, excluding an individual representing state capital in the enterprise.”.
Article 4. Amendments to Article 18
“Article 18. Declaration and notification of information on beneficial owners of an enterprise
1. The enterprise or its founder shall be responsible for identifying the beneficial owners of the enterprise as prescribed in Article 17 of this Decree, and for declaring and notifying the business registration authority of information on such beneficial owners.
The enterprise or its founder shall be responsible for identifying the beneficial owners of the enterprise by reviewing each level of the enterprise’s ownership structure until the individual or individuals who exercise ultimate ownership or ultimate effective control are identified. Where the ownership structure includes a legal arrangement as prescribed by the law on anti-money laundering, the beneficial owners of such legal arrangement shall be identified in accordance with the law on anti-money laundering.
2. Information on beneficial owners shall be declared in the following order:
a) The enterprise or its founder shall declare and notify the business registration authority of information on the individuals satisfying the ownership criteria set out in Clause 1 Article 17 of this Decree;
b) Where no individual satisfies the criteria set out in Clause 1 Article 17, or where there are grounds to believe that an individual identified under the criteria set out in Clause 1 Article 17 is not the beneficial owner of the enterprise, the enterprise or its founder shall declare and notify the business registration authority of information on one or more individuals satisfying the effective control criteria set out in Clause 2 Article 17 of this Decree;
c) Where no individual satisfies the criteria set out in Clauses 1 and 2 Article 17, the enterprise or its founder shall declare and notify the business registration authority of information on the individual prescribed in Clause 3 Article 17 of this Decree.”.
Article 5. Amendments to clause 2 Article 20
“2. At commune level:
a) Where there is specialized division established within a commune-level administrative division, the business registration authority responsible for handling household business registration procedures shall be the specialized division affiliated to the commune-level People’s Committee assigned the functions and duties of household business registration pursuant to a decision of the People’s Committee of the relevant province or central-affiliated city;
b) Where there is no specialized division established within a commune-level administrative division, the commune-level People’s Committee shall be responsible for handling household business registration procedures;
c) The business registration authorities responsible for handling household business registration procedures as prescribed in points a and b of this clause (hereinafter referred to as “commune-level business registration authority”) shall each have their own accounts and official seals.”.
Article 6. Addition of clause 8a following clause 8 Article 21
“8a. Update and retain information on shareholders of a joint-stock company that is not listed or registered for securities trading in the National Enterprise Registration Database for a period of 06 years from the date of dissolution of the company as prescribed in this Decree.”.
Article 7. Addition of clause 6 following clause 5 Article 24
“6. Where a foreign investor establishes an enterprise before following procedures for issuance or adjustment of an investment registration certificate in accordance with the Law on investment, the application for enterprise registration shall not include a copy of the investment registration certificate prescribed in clause 5 Article 20, point c clause 4 Article 21 and point c clause 4 Article 22 of the Law on Enterprises. In this case, the application form for enterprise registration shall include a commitment to satisfy market access conditions applicable to foreign investors in accordance with regulations of law.”.
Article 8. Amendments to some points and clauses of Article 38
1. Clause 1 is amended as follows:
“1. An online application for enterprise registration shall contain the documents prescribed in the 2020 Law on Enterprises, as amended in 2025, and this Decree, presented in the form of electronic documents or electronic data in accordance with law. An online application for enterprise registration shall have the same legal validity as a physical one.”.
2. Point a Clause 2 is amended as follows:
“a) It contains all required documents, the contents of which are fully declared un the same manner as for a physical application, and such documents are presented in the form of electronic documents or electronic data containing all information required for a physical application;”.
3. Point d clause 2 is amended as follows:
“d) Where authorization is granted to follow enterprise registration procedures, the online application for enterprise registration must be accompanied by the documents prescribed in Article 12 of this Decree, presented in the form of electronic documents or electronic data prescribed in point a of this clause.”.
Article 9. Amendments to Article 39
“Article 39. Procedures for online enterprise registration
1. The applicant shall log in to the National Public Service Portal or the national identification application using an electronic identification account to access the National Enterprise Registration Information System. The applicant shall follow enterprise registration procedures on the National Enterprise Registration Information System according to the following process:
a) Where the applicant is the person competent to sign the application form for enterprise registration
The applicant shall declare information on the National Enterprise Registration Information System. For application forms or notices whose contents are declared on the National Enterprise Registration Information System and which only require the applicant’s signature, the applicant shall not be required to digitally sign or sign by hand, or to upload such applications or notices to the National Enterprise Registration Information System. For other documents included in the application as prescribed, the applicant shall ensure that such documents are digitally signed or signed by hand in accordance with regulations, presented in the form of electronic documents, and uploaded to the National Enterprise Registration Information System.
For application forms or notices whose contents are declared on the National Enterprise Registration Information System and which require signatures of multiple persons, and for other documents included in the application as prescribed, the applicant shall ensure that such documents are digitally signed or signed by hand in accordance with regulations, presented in the form of electronic documents, and uploaded to the National Enterprise Registration Information System.
The applicant shall pay the required fees and charges (if any) and carry out electronic authentication as prescribed in order to submit the application. Upon completion of the application submission, the applicant shall receive an electronic receipt of application and appointment for result return;
b) Where the applicant is the person authorized to follow enterprise registration procedures
The applicant shall declare information and upload the documents included in the application as prescribed to the National Enterprise Registration Information System. Such documents must be digitally signed or signed by hand in accordance with regulations, and presented in the form of electronic documents.
The applicant shall pay the required fees and charges (if any) and carry out electronic authentication as prescribed in order to submit the application. Upon completion of the application submission, the applicant shall receive an electronic receipt of application and appointment for result return.
2. Information on enterprise registration on the National Enterprise Registration Information System shall be transmitted to the Taxpayer Registration System to serve the cooperation and information exchange between the provincial-level business registration authority and the tax authority.
3. The provincial-level business registration authority shall consider the validity of the application and return the application processing result to the applicant in accordance with the Law on Enterprises and provisions of this Decree. The applicant shall log in to the National Enterprise Registration Information System to receive the application processing result.
4. The enterprise or its founder following online enterprise registration procedures may stop following such procedures as prescribed in clause 6 Article 31 of this Decree.”.
Article 10. Amendments to point c clause 1 Article 51
“c) A copy or the original of the contract for transfer of shares or documentary evidence of completed transfer, in case of transfer of shares; documentary evidence of capital contribution, in case shareholders that are foreign investors buy privately placed shares; or the contract for donation of shares, in case of donation of shares;”.
Article 11. Amendments to some points and clauses of Article 60
1. Clause 1 is amended as follows:
“1. Where an enterprise or its branch/business location suspends its business or resumes its business ahead of the notified schedule, or where a representative office suspends its operation or resumes its operation ahead of the notified schedule, the enterprise shall send a notification dossier to the provincial-level business registration authority in charge of the province where the enterprise is headquartered or its branch/representative office/business location is situated at least 03 working days before the notified date of business/operational suspension or resumption. If the enterprise or its branch/business location still wishes to suspend its business or the representative office still wishes to suspend its operation after the end of the notified suspension period, another notice of business or operational suspension must be sent to the provincial-level business registration authority at least 03 working days before the planned date of suspension. Each notified suspension period shall not exceed 12 months. The total duration of consecutive business suspension shall not exceed 24 months.”.
2. Point a Clause 2 is amended as follows:
“a) A notice of business suspension or operational suspension, which shall indicate information on the telephone number and email address of the enterprise’s legal representative;”.
3. Clauses 7 and 8 are added following clause 6 as follows:
“7. During the business suspension, where there is a change in enterprise registration information as prescribed in Articles 30 and 31 of the 2020 Law on Enterprises, as amended in 2025, and this Decree, the enterprise shall follow procedures for registration or notification of such change in enterprise registration information as prescribed.
8. Within 05 working days from the end of the notified business suspension period, the enterprise’s legal representative shall confirm the resumption of business and undertake that the enterprise has fully fulfilled its enterprise registration obligations with the provincial-level business registration authority following the procedures on the National Enterprise Registration Information System.
Where such confirmation is not made within the above-mentioned time limit, within 10 working days from the end of such prescribed time limit for confirmation, the provincial-level business registration authority shall send a written request to the enterprise to submit a report as prescribed in point c clause 1 Article 216 of the Law on Enterprises, and concurrently send it to the tax authority for coordination in performing state management tasks.
Where the enterprise fails to submit a report to the provincial-level business registration authority within 06 months from the prescribed deadline for submission of the report, the provincial-level business registration authority shall revoke the enterprise registration certificate according to the order and procedures prescribed in Article 69 of this Decree. The enterprise shall follow dissolution procedures as prescribed in Article 65 of this Decree.”.
Article 12. Addition of clause 3 following clause 2 Article 61
“3. During the period of business suspension or operational suspension, or where termination of business is carried out at the request of a competent authority, if there is a change in enterprise registration information prescribed in Articles 30 and 31 of the 2020 Law on Enterprises, as amended in 2025, and this Decree, the enterprise shall follow procedures for registration or notification of such change in enterprise registration information as prescribed.”.
Article 13. Amendments to clause 3 Article 64
“3. Within 05 working days after it has fully paid all debts, the enterprise shall submit an application for dissolution to the provincial-level business registration authority in charge of the province where it is headquartered. Such an application includes the documents specified in clause 1 Article 210 of the Law on Enterprises. For a joint-stock company that is not listed or registered for securities trading, the notice of enterprise dissolution included in the application for enterprise registration must be accompanied by a copy of the shareholder register.”.
Article 14. Amendments to Article 72
“Article 72. Procedures for change of legal status, suspension of bankruptcy proceedings, and annulment of decision to declare an enterprise bankrupt
1. Change of legal status upon issuance of a decision to initiate bankruptcy proceedings, or a decision to declare an enterprise bankrupt, by the Court
a) Within 03 working days from its receipt of the Court’s decision to initiate bankruptcy proceedings, the provincial-level business registration authority shall change the legal status of the enterprise into “undergoing bankruptcy proceedings”, and change the legal status of its branches, representative offices, and business locations into “following shutdown procedures” on the National Enterprise Registration Database;
b) Within 03 working days from its receipt of the Court’s decision to declare an enterprise bankrupt or the extract thereof, the provincial-level business registration authority shall change the legal status of the enterprise into “bankrupt”, and change the legal status of its branches, representative offices, and business locations into “shut down” on the National Enterprise Registration Database;
c) Within 03 working days from its receipt of the Court’s decision not to initiate bankruptcy proceedings, the provincial-level business registration authority shall retain such information on the National Enterprise Registration Database.
2. Within 03 working days from its receipt of the Court’s decision to suspend bankruptcy proceedings, the provincial-level business registration authority shall change the legal status of the enterprise, and the legal status of its branches, representative offices and business locations, back to their corresponding legal status in effect before the decision to initiate bankruptcy proceedings was issued, on the National Enterprise Registration Database.
3. Within 03 working days from its receipt of the decision on resolution of a request for review of, or petition against, the decision to suspend bankruptcy proceedings issued by the Court, the provincial-level business registration authority shall retain such information on the National Enterprise Registration Database, in case the Court upholds its decision to suspend bankruptcy proceedings, or shall change the legal status of the enterprise into “undergoing bankruptcy proceedings”, and the legal status of its branches, representative offices and business locations into “following shutdown procedures”, on the National Enterprise Registration Database, in case the Court annuls the decision to suspend bankruptcy proceedings and assigns a Judge to continue resolving the bankruptcy proceedings.
4. Within 03 working days from its receipt of the Court’s decision to annul the decision to declare an enterprise bankrupt and refer the case file to a lower-level People’s Court having appropriate jurisdiction for re-resolution, the provincial-level business registration authority shall change the legal status of the enterprise into “undergoing bankruptcy proceedings”, and the legal status of its branches, representative offices, and business locations into “following shutdown procedures”, on the National Enterprise Registration Database.
5. Information on the enterprise that is undergoing bankruptcy proceedings or is declared bankrupt and its branches/representative offices/business locations that are following shutdown procedures or have been shut down shall be transmitted to the Taxpayer Registration System for updating.”.
Article 15. Amendments to clause 5 Article 93
“5. The authorizing person and the person authorized to follow household business registration procedures shall assume legal responsibility for the legitimacy, truthfulness and accuracy of such authorization. The authorizing person and the authorized person must carry out electronic authentication in order to be issued with a certificate of household business registration when following procedures for registration of a household business, registration of replacement of the household business owner, or family household members applying for household business registration.
In case of interrupted electronic authentication, the authorizing person may complete the electronic authentication after a certificate of household business registration has been issued. Where the authorizing person fails to confirm the authorization, or confirms that no authorization has been made, to follow household business registration procedures, the commune-level business registration authority shall request the subject household business to submit a report as prescribed in clause 6 Article 22 of this Decree.
Where an electronic identification account is not yet available to serve the electronic authentication, the application for household business registration must be accompanied by a copy of the unexpired identity card, or citizen identity card, of the authorizing person.”.
Article 16. Addition of clause 5 following clause 4 Article 103
“5. During the business suspension, where there is a change in household business registration information as prescribed in Article 100 of this Decree, the household business shall follow procedures for registration of such change as prescribed.”.
Article 17. Amendments to some points and clauses of Article 112
1. Clause 1 is amended as follows:
“1. An online application for household business registration shall contain the documents prescribed in this Decree, presented in the form of electronic documents or electronic data. An online application for household business registration shall have the same legal validity as a physical one.”.
2. Point a Clause 2 is amended as follows:
“a) It contains all required documents, the contents of which are fully declared in the same manner as for a physical application, and such documents are presented in the form of electronic documents or electronic data containing all information required for a physical application. Names of electronic documents must be relevant to names of physical documents included in the application for household business registration;”.
3. Point d Clause 2 is amended as follows:
“d) Where authorization is granted to follow household business registration procedures, the online application for household business registration must be accompanied by the documents prescribed in Article 93 of this Decree, presented in the form of electronic documents or electronic data as prescribed.”.
4. Clause 4 is added following clause 3 as follows:
“4. Where an application is received on the Household Business Registration Information System after office hours or on a day off, public holiday or Tet holiday as prescribed, the time limit for returning the handling result of household business registration procedures prescribed in this Decree shall be counted from the working day following the day on which the application is received.”.
Article 18. Amendments to Article 113
“Article 113. Procedures for online household business registration
1. The applicant shall log in to the National Public Service Portal or the national identification application using an electronic identification account to access the Household Business Registration Information System. The applicant shall follow household business registration procedures on the Household Business Registration Information System according to the following process:
a) Where the applicant is the person competent to sign the application form for household business registration
The applicant shall declare information on the Household Business Registration Information System. For application forms or notices whose contents are declared on the Household Business Registration Information System and which only require the applicant’s signature, the applicant shall not be required to digitally sign or upload such applications or notices to the Household Business Registration Information System. For other documents included in the application as prescribed, the applicant shall ensure that such documents are digitally signed or signed by hand in accordance with regulations, presented in the form of electronic documents, and uploaded to the Household Business Registration Information System.
For application forms or notices whose contents are declared on the Household Business Registration Information System and which require signatures of multiple persons, and for other documents included in the application as prescribed, the applicant shall ensure that such documents are digitally signed or signed by hand in accordance with regulations, presented in the form of electronic documents, and uploaded to the Household Business Registration Information System.
The applicant shall pay the required fees and charges (if any) and carry out electronic authentication as prescribed in order to submit the application. Upon completion of the application submission, the applicant shall receive an electronic receipt of application and appointment for result return;
b) Where the applicant is the person authorized to follow household business registration procedures
The applicant shall declare information and upload the documents included in the application as prescribed to the Household Business Registration Information System. Such documents must be digitally signed or signed by hand in accordance with regulations, and presented in the form of electronic documents.
The applicant shall pay the required fees and charges (if any) and carry out electronic authentication as prescribed in order to submit the application. Upon completion of the application submission, the applicant shall receive an electronic receipt of application and appointment for result return.
2. Information on household business registration on the Household Business Registration Information System shall be transmitted to the Taxpayer Registration System to serve the cooperation and information exchange between the commune-level business registration authority and the tax authority.
3. The commune-level business registration authority shall consider the validity of the application and return the application processing result to the applicant in accordance with provisions of this Decree. The applicant shall log in to the Household Business Registration Information System to receive the application processing result.
4. The household business following online household business registration procedures may stop following such procedures as prescribed in clause 5 Article 95 of this Decree.”.
Article 19. Replacement and abrogation of some phrases and clauses
1. The phrase “bản dịch tiếng Việt công chứng” (“notarized Vietnamese translation”) is replaced with the phrase “bản dịch tiếng Việt được chứng thực chữ ký người dịch” (“Vietnamese translation bearing the translator’s signature certified”) in clause 2 Article 10.
2. The phrase “các khoản 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 và 8 Điều này” (“clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of this Article”) is replaced with the phrase “các khoản 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 và 8a Điều này” (“clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 8a of this Article”) in clause 9 Article 21.
3. The phrase “03 ngày làm việc” (“03 working days”) is replaced with the phrase“02 ngày làm việc” (“02 working days”) in clause 6 Article 31, clause 5 Article 56, clause 4 Article 66, clauses 1, 2, 3 and 4 Article 77, clause 5 Article 95, and clauses 1, 2, 3 and 4 Article 115.
4. The phrase “Hệ thống thông tin đăng ký thuế” (“Tax Registration Information System”) is replaced with the phrase “Hệ thống ứng dụng đăng ký thuế” (“Taxpayer Registration Application System”) in clause 2 Article 53.
5. The phrase “nơi đặt địa điểm kinh doanh” (“where the business location is situated”) is replaced with the phrase “theo quy định pháp luật” (“in accordance with regulations of law”) in clause 2 Article 87.
6. The phrase “và danh sách người đại diện theo ủy quyền” (“and the list of authorized representatives”) is removed from clause 3 Article 54.
7. The phrase “nơi đã nộp hồ sơ” (“to which the application was submitted”) is removed from clause 5 Article 95.
8. The phrase “nơi hộ kinh doanh đăng ký trụ sở” (“where the household business is headquartered”) is removed from clause 1 Article 99.
9. Article 37, clause 2 Article 52, Article 111, and clause 3 Article 124 are abrogated.
Article 20. Processing of applications received before the effective date of this Decree
1. Where an application for dissolution or a notification of business suspension has been received but not yet approved by a provincial-level business registration authority before the effective date of this Decree, the handling of such procedures shall comply with the provisions of this Decree.
2. Except for the case prescribed in clause 1 of this Article, the processing of applications for enterprise registration that have been received but not yet approved by the provincial-level business registration authority before the effective date of this Decree shall comply with the provisions of Decree No. 168/2025/ND-CP.
3. The processing of applications for household business registration that have been received but not yet approved by the commune-level business registration authority before the effective date of this Decree shall comply with the provisions of Decree No. 168/2025/ND-CP.
1. The provision that the total duration of consecutive business suspension shall not exceed 24 months in clause 1 Article 11 of this Decree shall apply to an enterprise that has notified its business suspension before the effective date of this Decree as follows:
a) Where the total duration of consecutive business suspension, up to the end of the most recently notified suspension period, has not yet exceeded 24 months, the enterprise may continue to apply for approval of its business suspension, provided that the total duration of consecutive business suspension, including the periods already registered before the effective date of this Decree, does not exceed 24 months;
b) Where the total duration of consecutive business suspension, up to the end of the most recently notified suspension period, has already exceeded 24 months, the enterprise shall not be allowed to continue to apply for business suspension after the end of the most recently notified suspension period.
2. The provision on confirmation of resumption of business upon the end of a business suspension period in clause 3 Article 11 of this Decree shall apply to an enterprise that submits notification of business suspension on or after the effective date of this Decree.
1. This Decree comes into force from July 23, 2026.
2. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, Chairpersons of People’s Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities, Chairpersons of People’s Committees of communes, wards and special zones, and the regulated entities of this Decree shall be responsible for the implementation of this Decree.
ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT Nguyen Van Thang |
