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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Vietnam and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: 10-digit number; since 2010 the Enterprise Code = Tax Code (unified). First 2 digits = issuing province code; next 7 sequential; last digit check. 13-digit variant for branches/dependent units. Displayed on ERC and tax registration certificate. Registration number: 10-digit number; since 2010 the Enterprise Code = Tax Code (unified). First 2 digits = issuing province code; next 7 sequential; last digit check. 13-digit variant for branches/dependent units. Displayed on ERC and tax registration certificate.

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Sector regulators

SBV · SSC · MoF · MPI

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How documents combine

For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.

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Documents to collect

The physical documents you’ll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil’s Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed.

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Collection notes

  • Legal Registration: Issued by DPI; carries enterprise code = tax code. For FIEs, also collect IRC. Verify current status at dangkykinhdoanh.gov.vn.
  • Constitutive Documents: Filed with DPI at incorporation; amendments must be re-filed. Single constitutive document covering capital, governance, and representative authority.
  • Tax Registration: GDT issues; since 2010 unification, ERC itself displays the enterprise code = tax code. Standalone tax certificate or GDT portal printout accepted.
  • Operating Permit: Issued by provincial or district People’s Committee. Annual business license fee abolished from January 2026; the license document itself remains required where applicable.
  • Sector-Specific License: Required only for regulated-sector entities.
  • Ownership Records: For LLC entities collect the members list (Danh sách thành viên); for JSC entities collect the founding shareholders list (Danh sách cổ đông sáng lập). Current shareholder registers are company-maintained documents.
  • Governance Records: ERC names legal representative(s); charter or filed resolution lists Members’ Council (LLC) or Board of Directors (JSC).
  • Signing Authority: Board resolution authorizing signatory, or notarized power of attorney (Giấy ủy quyền công chứng). Legal representative named on ERC has inherent authority; additional signatories need explicit authorization.
  • Address: Conduit universal policy: lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement, with utility/bank dated within 90 days. Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
  • Good Standing: Vietnam does not issue a separate Certificate of Good Standing; a dated ERC printout or real-time lookup at dangkykinhdoanh.gov.vn confirming active registration status serves as the live-status equivalent (subsumed-by-portal pattern).

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Person roles

When you submit a person on the application body, set their role to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.

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Additional fields

Country-specific fields you’ll need to collect during onboarding, beyond the document uploads.

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Notes

  • Enterprise Code = Tax Code since 2010: The 10-digit MST on the ERC is the same identifier used by GDT; do not request a separate tax registration certificate — the ERC itself suffices as dual proof unless a standalone GDT certificate is needed for banking purposes.
  • FIE dual-document requirement: Foreign-invested enterprises must produce both the IRC (issued under Investment Law 2020, Law No. 61/2020/QH14) and the ERC; neither alone establishes full legal status. As of 2026, ERC-first sequencing is permitted before IRC, but both must eventually be obtained.
  • Apostille Convention transition: Vietnam acceded to the 1961 Hague Apostille Convention on 31 December 2025; convention enters into force for Vietnam on 11 September 2026. Until that date, consular legalisation (notarisation + Vietnamese embassy/consulate stamp) remains required for foreign documents. From 11-IX-2026, apostille replaces the consular legalisation chain.