Recently, on March 16, 2021, the Ministry of Planning and Investment issued Circular 01/2021/TT-BKHDT guiding business registration, replacing Circular No. 20/2015/TT-BKHDT and Circular No. 02/2019/TT-BKHDT on business registration (“Circular 01“).

Here are some highlights of Circular 01:

1. Forms applied in business registration activities:

Circular 01 stipulates that all 99 forms used in business registration and household business registration are used uniformly nationwide, previously, in Circular No. 02/2019/TT-BKHDT, there were only all 86 forms.

2. Providing business registration information:

• Organizations and individuals can request to be provided with information specified in Clause 1, Article 33 of the Law on Enterprises at the Ministry of Planning and Investment (Business Registration Support Center under the Department of Business Registration) either at the Business Registration Office where the enterprise is headquartered or through the National Business Registration Portal, and must pay a fee as prescribed.
• Business Registration Support Center is authorized to provide information of all businesses kept on the National Business Registration Information System. Business Registration Offices are authorized to provide information about enterprises stored in the National Enterprise Registration Database within their respective localities.
• The fee for providing information is in accordance with the law.

Circular 01/2021/TT-BKHDT takes effect from May 1, 2021.

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